Remote Senior Category Operations & Sourcing

Lumen; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 84,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen Technologies is seeking a Sr. Category Operations Specialist to support sourcing, contracting, and supplier management for Outside Plant services.

You’ll work with Network Construction to optimize supplier performance while aligning procurement strategies with business goals, ensuring continuity and value across processes. The role emphasizes data-driven analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and effective governance to deliver cost efficiencies and reliable service delivery within a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 2–4 years in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or supplier management.
• Ability to analyze spend data, identify trends, and recommend actions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, for data analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Analyze spend, supplier performance, service demand, and market trends to identify sourcing opportunities.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and metrics with the Analytics team.
• Maintain visibility into category spend, supplier utilization, and financial performance.
• Coordinate contracts, statements of work, amendments, and renewals with stakeholders.
• Engage stakeholders across Network Construction, Operations, Finance and Legal.
• Drive supplier onboarding, performance reviews, and risk mitigation.

Skills

Spend analysis

Category management

Supplier management

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, finance, operations, or related field

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Excel

Job description

Lumen Technologies is seeking a Sr. Category Operations Specialist to support sourcing, contracting, and supplier management for Outside Plant services.

You’ll work with Network Construction to optimize supplier performance while aligning procurement strategies with business goals, ensuring continuity and value across processes. The role emphasizes data-driven analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and effective governance to deliver cost efficiencies and reliable service delivery within a