Senior Indirect Procurement Category Manager — Remote

Bazeta; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Disability insurance

Job summary

Ferrellgas is seeking an Indirect Procurement Category Manager to own sourcing strategy across a broad indirect portfolio. You will lead cross-functional sourcing teams, drive supplier initiatives, and deliver cost and service improvements for IT, telecom, facilities, and other spend areas.

The role emphasizes negotiation, data-driven analysis, and building consistent procurement practices in a large, dispersed organization with potential for direct reports in the future.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline required.
• Five+ years in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, or supplier-management.
• Experience in indirect spend categories and leading competitive sourcing events.
• Strong commercial negotiation, contract-management, and supplier-performance capabilities.
• Experience with spend analysis, business cases, and total cost of ownership.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and ERP systems; experience with Oracle preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and run category strategies across a broad indirect portfolio (IT, telecom, marketing, facilities, etc.).
• Analyze spend, demand, market conditions, pricing, and specifications to spot savings.
• Lead competitive sourcing events: RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, bid evaluations, and supplier presentations.
• Negotiate pricing, service levels, rebates, terms, warranties, and implementation.
• Develop business cases with total-cost-of-ownership models (price, freight, maintenance, etc.).
• Promote compliant buying via preferred-supplier programs and clear guidance.
• Manage supplier performance from onboarding to scorecards and reviews.
• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, IT, Risk, and Safety; manage risk and compliance.
• Report savings, cost avoidance, working capital gains, contract use, and supplier performance.
• Improve procure-to-pay processes across the organization.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Procurement

Negotiation

Spend analysis

Total cost of ownership

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Excel

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, finance, operations, engineering

Tools

Oracle/ERP platform

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Ferrellgas is seeking an Indirect Procurement Category Manager to own sourcing strategy across a broad indirect portfolio. You will lead cross-functional sourcing teams, drive supplier initiatives, and deliver cost and service improvements for IT, telecom, facilities, and other spend areas.

The role emphasizes negotiation, data-driven analysis, and building consistent procurement practices in a large, dispersed organization with potential for direct reports in the future.