Senior Category Manager - Div 10

DPR Construction; Northern, San Diego (KY, CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Equipment is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead category strategies and multi-year sourcing initiatives across high-impact spend areas. You will analyze markets, optimize total cost, and strengthen supplier performance while partnering with cross-functional leaders to drive alignment with business priorities.

The role focuses on end-to-end sourcing events, governance, risk mitigation, and performance reporting to deliver measurable savings and value across divisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, or supply chain operations.
• Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Leads development and execution of category strategies for complex or high-impact spend areas.
• Conducts advanced spend, market, and supplier analyses to identify consolidation opportunities and partnerships.
• Leads end-to-end strategic sourcing events including bid strategy, negotiations, and risk mitigation.
• Structures and manages MSAs and framework agreements with service, quality, and compliance requirements.
• Establishes category governance and supplier performance routines with scorecards and reviews.
• Partners with Sales, Operations, Finance, and Risk to drive adoption and resolve supplier issues.
• Develops and delivers category performance reporting showing financial impact and supplier compliance.

Skills

Category management

Strategic sourcing

Spend analyses

Supplier negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

## **Job Description**OES Equipment, part of the DPR Family of Companies, is seeking a Senior Category Manager - Div 10.**At DPR, roles and responsibilities are more than describing a job title—they are a commitment to building great things together. The job description(s) below defines core responsibilities and the scope of the role and is a starting point. Every employee is expected to lead from where they are, take ownership of outcomes, and always act in the best interest of the team, customer, project and organization.** **As a purpose-driven organization on a journey to be most admired, we rely on trust, shared leadership, open communication, disciplined action and a deep respect for the individual to drive exceptional performance. Success is not just about what we build, but who we build and how we build it: with integrity, enjoyment, uniqueness and an ever-forward mindset.****Job Summary:** Leads category strategies and complex sourcing initiatives across multiple spend areas or high-impact categories. Applies advanced market analysis and commercial structuring to optimize total cost, mitigate supply risk, and strengthen supplier performance. Serves as a strategic partner to operational and functional leaders to align category programs with business priorities. Drives measurable outcomes through negotiations, governance models, and performance management frameworks. **Key Responsibilities:** Leads development and execution of category strategies for complex or high-impact spend areas, including multi-year roadmaps and sourcing pipelines. Conducts advanced spend, market, and supplier analyses to identify consolidation opportunities, standardization pathways, and strategic partnerships. Leads end-to-end strategic sourcing events, including bid strategy, stakeholder alignment, commercial modeling, risk mitigation, performance, quality, and supplier negotiations. Structures and manages preferred supplier programs, framework agreements, and master service agreements (MSAs), including service, quality, and compliance requirements in conjunction with respective departments. Establishes category governance and supplier performance routines, including scorecards, corrective actions, business reviews, and risk mitigation plans. Partners with Sales, Operations, Finance, and Risk stakeholders to drive program adoption, compliance, and resolution of escalated supplier issues. Develops and delivers category performance reporting that communicates financial impact, service performance, and supplier compliance trends. **Education Qualifications:** Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, construction management, or a related field, or equivalent experience required. **Work Experience:** 5-7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, or supply chain operations required. Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements and influencing cross-functional stakeholders required. Experience supporting construction, material distribution, or project-based sourcing environments preferred.