Sr Category Manager

DPR Construction; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DPR Construction is seeking a senior procurement professional to lead category strategies and complex sourcing initiatives across multiple spend areas. You will apply market analysis and commercial structuring to optimize total cost, mitigate risk, and strengthen supplier performance as a strategic partner to leaders across the business.

The role drives measurable outcomes through negotiations, governance, and performance management frameworks, aligning category programs with business priorities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field is required.
• 5–7 years of experience in strategic sourcing or category management.
• Experience supporting construction or project-based sourcing is preferred.

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.
• Leads end‑to‑end strategic sourcing events including bid strategy and negotiations.
• Structures and manages MSAs and preferred supplier programs with compliance requirements.
• Establishes category governance and supplier performance routines with risk mitigation.
• Partners with Sales, Operations, Finance, and Risk to drive program adoption and issue resolution.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Negotiations

Spend analysis

Supplier performance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Job description

Job Description 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.

DPR Construction is a forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences, healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990, DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned company that has grown into a multi-billion-dollar family of companies with offices around the world.

Working at DPR, you'll have the chance to try new things, explore paths and shape your future. Here, we build opportunity together—by harnessing our talents, enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Fast Company and Newsweek. The DPR family of companies is closing the gap between design and construction with an integrated collection of products and services to build smarter, move faster and achieve strong results. Our approximately 11,000 employees share a commitment to growth, innovation and building great things—great teams, great careers and great projects that change the world.

DPR is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at DPR are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical or mental disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, medical history or genetic information, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. DPR will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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