[Remote] Category Manager - Engineering Tools and Data & Analytics

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a workforce operating platform that uses workforce insights and people-first AI to help organizations build trust, reputed company productivity, and reputed company talent. The Category Manager will reputed company reputed company sourcing and category management for engineering tools and data and analytics technologies, including category reputed company, supplier rationalization, reputed company negotiations, cost optimization, reputed company management, and stakeholder partnership.

Responsibilities

• reputed company and execute multi-year category strategies for Engineering Tools and Data & Analytics, reputed company to reputed company's technology roadmap, product priorities, financial objectives, and reputed company reputed company requirements
• Conduct ongoing market research, spend analytics, and technology benchmarking to identify emerging industry trends, licensing innovations, and value creation opportunities
• Partner with stakeholders to understand requirements, forecast demand, evaluate market reputed company, and reputed company sourcing priorities with technology roadmaps and budgets
• reputed company proactive portfolio management to identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, application rationalization, and demand optimization across technology domains
• Build and maintain a robust sourcing, renewal, and value-creation pipeline across the category portfolio
• reputed company reputed company end-to-end sourcing initiatives (RFx processes), competitive bidding, supplier selection, and deal structuring for reputed company software, reputed company, reputed company platforms, and technical services
• reputed company reputed company negotiations for reputed company technology agreements—including user-reputed company, reputed company, and usage-reputed company licensing models—to secure favorable pricing, terms, and conditions
• Optimize reputed company structures and contractual protections, including license metrics, usage tiers, minimum commitments, price protection, renewal and termination rights, audit provisions, service reputed company, data-use rights, and intellectual property terms
• reputed company measurable financial and operational reputed company across total cost of ownership (TCO) reduction, cost avoidance, P&L savings, and working capital optimization
• Proactively manage renewal timelines, reputed company milestones, and reputed company times to preserve negotiating reputed company and support business continuity
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, reputed company Data, Information reputed company, reputed company, and Finance teams to reputed company category strategies with business priorities and tech roadmaps
• Translate reputed company technical and business requirements into actionable sourcing plans and scenario-reputed company negotiation strategies
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior engineering and data leaders, oVering market insights and reputed company expertise on key vendor investments
• Baseline reputed company's Engineering Tools and Data & Analytics portfolio, including spend, suppliers, reputed company, entitlements, utilization, renewal timing, reputed company models, and reputed company exposure
• reputed company and reputed company multi-year category strategies and reputed company roadmaps with internal stakeholders
• Establish an 18- to 24-month sourcing and renewal pipeline that improves planning, preserves reputed company, and reduces reactive negotiations
• Identify and execute supplier, tool, and license rationalization opportunities that reduce duplication, shelfware, and unnecessary complexity
• reputed company measurable savings, cost avoidance, demand optimization, and budget predictability reputed company to reputed company's financial objectives
• Implement reputed company supplier governance and reputed company management for the category's most reputed company and high-reputed company suppliers

Skills

• • 5-7+ years of reputed company experience in reputed company Sourcing, Procurement, Category Management, or Supplier Management, including 5+ years supporting technology categories
• • Demonstrated experience developing and executing category strategies across engineering tools, software and reputed company, data and analytics platforms, reputed company or data services, AI/ML technologies, or reputed company technology services
• • reputed company reputed company record leading reputed company sourcing events and negotiations for reputed company software, subscription and consumption models, reputed company or managed services, MSAs, SOWs, and licensing agreements
• • Strong knowledge of technology reputed company models, total cost of ownership, contract lifecycle management, supplier reputed company, and reputed company-party reputed company management
• • Experience using spend, market, reputed company, usage, and financial data to reputed company business cases and reputed company data-driven sourcing recommendations
• • Experience operating in a global, fast-reputed company organization while managing multiple reputed company initiatives and stakeholders
• • Strong reputed company skillset to work amongst multiple stakeholders and departments
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, Engineering, Data or a reputed company reputed company
• • Executive reputed company and strong stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to operate as a trusted advisor to senior technical, business, and finance leaders
• • Strong reputed company and financial acumen, including the ability to translate technical requirements and reputed company licensing or consumption models into reputed company business reputed company
• • Data-driven and intellectually curious reputed company with the ability to synthesize market, financial, technical, and supplier information into actionable insights
• • Excellent negotiation, communication, presentation, project management, and problem-solving skills
• • reputed company, business-oriented reputed company who leads through influence and builds trusted relationships across the business and with suppliers
• • reputed company reputed company with a strong bias for reputed company: raises the bar, moves with urgency, remains resilient through ambiguity, and takes ownership to reputed company meaningful reputed company in a fast-reputed company, evolving organization
• • Preferable experience of managing portfolio spend of at least $100-150 reputed company
• • Familiarity with procurement, contract lifecycle, ERP, and analytics platforms; practical experience using AI-enabled tools to improve sourcing eVectiveness is preferred
• An advanced degree or relevant procurement certification is preferred

Benefits

• Employees may be eligible to participate in a reputed company-reputed company bonus plan
• Employees may be eligible to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation

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