Senior Category Manager: Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

TAR; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus up to $15K

Unlimited PTO

Health, Dental, Vision insurance

Meals stipend $1K/month

Job summary

TAR is building the world’s first off-grid power plant for data centers, based in Austin. We seek a mid-to-senior Category Manager to own sourcing categories and drive supplier strategy for high-impact solar and energy storage projects.

In this role you will lead RFx events, negotiations, and contracting, while shaping category strategies and working directly with engineering and construction teams. This is a high-ownership, fast-paced opportunity in a growth-focused company.

Qualifications

• 5 to 15 years of supply chain experience, including direct responsibility for category decisions.
• Demonstrated competence in negotiation, from shaping the approach through final execution.
• Experience constructing and running RFx processes.
• At least moderate comfort with contracting and commercial terms.
• Experience working with P2P and contract management software.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own one or more sourcing categories end to end, building a map of internal demand, supply markets, and the trade and domestic-content rules.
• Develop short and long term category strategies balancing cost, lead time, quality, and compliance against a schedule.
• Build direct vendor relationships as TAR’s owner-side counterpart from qualification through performance management.
• Run sourcing events from RFx, build bid packages, evaluate results, negotiate with vendors, and draft/execute contracts.
• Handle procurement needs to support engineering and construction teams.
• Contribute to process improvements and software tooling for the supply chain team.
• Guide procurement specialists on sourcing approach, negotiation, and category practice as the team grows.

Skills

Supply chain experience

Negotiation

RFx processes

Contracting

P2P software

Communication

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

TAR is building the world’s first off-grid power plant for data centers, based in Austin. We seek a mid-to-senior Category Manager to own sourcing categories and drive supplier strategy for high-impact solar and energy storage projects.

In this role you will lead RFx events, negotiations, and contracting, while shaping category strategies and working directly with engineering and construction teams. This is a high-ownership, fast-paced opportunity in a growth-focused company.