Sr. Manager, Category Management & Strategic Sourcing

NeoGenomics Laboratories; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off plus holidays

Wellness courses

Job summary

A leading cancer reference laboratory in North Carolina seeks a Sr. Manager, Category Management & Strategic Sourcing. The role focuses on strategic sourcing for major indirect spend categories, driving substantial cost savings, and optimising supplier performance. The ideal candidate has significant experience in procurement within healthcare and demonstrates strong leadership and analytical skills. Join a mission-driven workplace that values employee development and innovation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement.
• Leadership focus on indirect spend management.
• Expertise in MRP and ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead category management and strategic sourcing for major indirect spend categories.
• Develop multi-year category strategies to deliver savings targets.
• Perform spend analytics and market intelligence.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Negotiation

Supplier relationship management

Spend analysis

Leadership

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or related field

CPSM/CSCP certification

Master’s degree, MBA preferred

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Epicor

Job description

Are you motivated to participate in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment? Do you want to join a company that invests in its employees? Are you seeking a position where you can use your skills while continuing to be challenged and learn? Then we encourage you to dive deeper into this opportunity. We believe in career development and empowering our employees. Not only do we provide career coaches internally, but we offer many training opportunities to expand your knowledge base! We have highly competitive benefits with a variety of HMO and PPO options. We have company 401k match along with an Employee Stock Purchase Program. We have tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and even start employees off with 16 days of paid time off plus holidays. We offer wellness courses and have highly engaged employee resource groups. Come join the Neo team and be part of our amazing World Class Culture!

NeoGenomics is looking for a Sr. Manager, Category Management & Strategic Sourcing

who wants to continue to learn in order to allow our company to grow.

As an employer, we promise to provide you with a purpose-driven mission in which you have the opportunity to save lives by improving patient care through the exceptional work you perform. Together, we will become the world's leading cancer reference laboratory.

Position Summary

The Sr. Manager, Category Management & Strategic Sourcing leads the development and execution of category strategies that align with the NeoGenomics corporate strategy and financial goals. This high-impact role focuses on optimizing non-core expenditures, achieving substantial cost savings, enhancing supplier performance, and ensuring supply reliability for services and goods that enable our labs, offices, R&D, commercial teams, and corporate functions. The Sr. Manager, Category Management & Strategic Sourcing partners closely with Finance, IT, Facilities, HR, Marketing, Legal, Quality/Regulatory, and Operations leaders to align indirect sourcing strategies with business goals, support scalable growth in a fast-paced diagnostics environment, and contribute meaningfully to operating margin improvement.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end category management and strategic sourcing for major indirect spend categories including facilities management and maintenance (e.g., janitorial, HVAC, building services, utilities), IT hardware, software, cloud services, and telecommunications, professional services (e.g., consulting, legal, marketing/advertising for oncology education, temporary staffing, audit services), MRO items, lab support supplies (non-direct consumables), and PPE/office supplies, logistics, travel and expense management, waste management/recycling, and calibration/maintenance services (nonproduct critical), and HR-related services (e.g., benefits administration, recruiting, training)
• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies that deliver annual savings targets (typically 5–12%+ YoY on managed spend) through supplier consolidation, competitive bidding, total cost of ownership (TCO) optimization, demand management, and value engineering
• Perform in-depth spend analytics, market intelligence, supplier benchmarking, and risk assessments to uncover opportunities and mitigate exposures in indirect categories
• Lead complex global RFx events (RFI/RFP/RFQ), supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract management for long-term agreements, ensuring robust SLAs, compliance, and cost predictability
• Drive indirect supply chain resilience, including supplier diversification, contingency planning, and risk monitoring for categories vulnerable to disruption (e.g., IT services, facilities during lab expansions)
• Ensure full compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., data privacy/GDPR for IT vendors, ethical sourcing, conflict minerals where applicable) and internal policies in a diagnostics-regulated environment
• Collaborate cross-functionally to support business initiatives such as office/lab expansions, digital transformation, marketing campaigns for cancer screening awareness, and cost-control efforts amid rapid growth
• Mentor and develop team members in indirect procurement best practices
• Report regularly to senior leadership on category performance, savings pipeline, risk profile, and strategic initiatives
• Maintain and drive strategic sourcing metrics including cost savings actuals vs target, cost avoidance actuals vs target, total cost of ownership (TCO) reduction, sourcing cycle time, spend under contract, spend under management, category savings realization, and category compliance rate

Experience, Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or related field or equivalent work experience required; Master’s degree, MBA preferred
• CPSM/CSCP certification preferred
• 8 or more years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement, with 4 or more years focused on indirect spend in a leadership role required
• Demonstrates proven expertise in MRP and ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, and Epicor and advanced planning tools
• Proven success in healthcare, life sciences, biotechnology, medical devices, diagnostics, or pharmaceutical industries managing indirect categories
• Deliver measurable savings and value in fragmented indirect spend areas through negotiation, consolidation, and strategic partnerships
• Strong expertise in indirect category strategy, spend analysis, contract negotiation, and supplier relationship management
• Experience with indirect categories in lab-based or diagnostics environments
• Knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma, e-sourcing, and indirect spend benchmarking in regulated settings
• Experience in a growth-stage or high-innovation diagnostics company
• Exhibit a strategic mindset with excellent analytical, financial, and negotiation skills
• Influence and collaborate across matrixed functions in a mission-driven organization
• Manage complex, multi-stakeholder indirect categories with a focus on cost control without compromising service quality
• Adapt effectively in a dynamic, patient-impact-focused industry
• Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods of time
• Ability to lift up to 15 pounds

Travel: Required