Senior Procurement & Category Strategy Lead

EY; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

EY’s Supply Chain and Operations practice seeks a Senior Manager to lead procurement category management, strategic sourcing and cost transformation engagements. You will work with CPOs, finance leaders, and teams to shape value cases, roadmaps and implementation across multiple categories.

You will also guide analytics, AI-enabled sourcing and analytics-enabled decisions to improve outcomes, while coaching diverse teams and building client relationships to drive impactful results.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of category management, strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations and procurement-led value improvement.
• Ability to translate complex spend, market and stakeholder information into clear recommendations and executable actions.
• Strong financial, analytical, program, commercial and client relationship skills.
• Executive presence and the ability to lead workshops, negotiations, steering committees and senior stakeholder communications.
• Sound judgment in balancing value, business requirements, supplier capability, risk and implementation feasibility.

Responsibilities

• Shape and sell procurement transformation, category management, strategic sourcing and cost takeout engagements.
• Lead spend and opportunity assessments, develop transparent value cases, prioritize categories and create executable sourcing roadmaps.
• Direct category strategy, market and supplier analysis, sourcing events, negotiations, contracting support, implementation and value tracking.
• Mobilize and lead complex programs, including governance, workplans, resources, risks, engagement economics and executive reporting.
• Build alignment across Procurement, Finance and business teams while balancing cost, service, quality, resilience, innovation and risk.
• Apply spend analytics, contract analytics, market intelligence, scenario modeling and AI-enabled procurement capabilities with appropriate controls.
• Develop client relationships, market offerings, thought leadership and account opportunities.
• Coach and develop high-performing, inclusive teams across pursuit and delivery.

Skills

Category management

Strategic sourcing

Supplier negotiations

Procurement value improvement

Financial analysis

Executive presence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, finance, engineering, economics or related field

Job description

EY’s Supply Chain and Operations practice seeks a Senior Manager to lead procurement category management, strategic sourcing and cost transformation engagements. You will work with CPOs, finance leaders, and teams to shape value cases, roadmaps and implementation across multiple categories.

You will also guide analytics, AI-enabled sourcing and analytics-enabled decisions to improve outcomes, while coaching diverse teams and building client relationships to drive impactful results.