Category Manager III - Hardware & Telcom

Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products, services and technology solutions that support care delivery in leading hospitals, health systems and research centers around the world. For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve. Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care™.

• 140+ years serving healthcare

• Over 14,000 teammates worldwide

• Serving healthcare partners in 80 countries

• Manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Honduras, Mexico, Thailand and Ireland

• 40+ distribution centers

• Portfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings

• 1,000 branded medical product suppliers

• 4,000 healthcare partners served

·        Support and execute category strategies aligned with procurement and business objectives. pipelines Identify sourcing opportunities and maintain initiative pipelines within assigned categories.

·        Develop actionable strategic sourcing plans, initiative pipelines, and category roadmaps for assigned Indirect categories.

·        Monitor market intelligence, supplier segmentation, and business demand patterns, and risk mitigation plans to inform sourcing strategy.

·        Execute category strategies effectively to show strategic sourcing ownership of spend in consulting, legal, audit, tax, engineering and financial advisory services categories

·        Lead end-to-end sourcing events, including stakeholder alignment, supplier selection, RFP/RFQ execution, analysis, negotiations, and award recommendations.

·        Execute negotiation strategies focused on cost, service quality, risk management, and supplier performance.

·        Partner with Legal, Finance, Compliance, and business stakeholders to support contract review and business decision-making.

·        Manage key supplier relationships and support supplier performance reviews, issue resolution, and continuous improvement efforts.

·        Contribute to annual savings, value creation, and cost avoidance objectives through sourcing and supplier management initiatives.

·        Track sourcing results, validate benefits with Finance as appropriate, and support leadership reporting.

·        Establish preferred supplier programs to aggregate spending with suppliers and professional services governance across functional domains.

·        Develop strong working relationships with business stakeholders and functional leaders.

·        Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, and business stakeholders to support procurement objectives.

·        Implement a well-coordinated, finance supported spend control tower to provide transparency and impact on functional budgets to the best possible level of granularity

·        Lead complex cross-functional initiatives, influencing senior leaders to achieve enterprise objectives and maximize value.

·        Champion change management efforts to ensure adoption of procurement strategies, processes, and technologies.

·        Balance stakeholder priorities with governance, risk management, and business requirements to support informed decision-making.

·        Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across Procurement and business functions.

·        Serve as a procurement subject matter expert for assigned Indirect categories.

·        Advise stakeholders on procurement processes, market dynamics, supplier options, and commercial strategy.

·        Share procurement knowledge and best practices with peers, analysts, and junior team members as appropriate.

·        Demonstrates a strong ability to leverage digital procurement technologies, data analytics, and process automation to drive business value to improve decision-making and enhance stakeholder outcomes.

·        Possess hands-on experience utilizing procurement platforms and analytical tools to support category strategy, sourcing execution, supplier management, and performance reporting.

·        Bachelor’s degree required

·        5-7 years of procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, category management, finance, or related business experience

·        Experience managing complex indirect spend categories and supporting strategic sourcing initiatives.

·        Strong experience leading negotiations, sourcing events, supplier evaluations, and contract support activities

·        Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and project management skills.

·        Experience utilizing procurement systems, spend analytics tools, and supplier management platforms.

- Inside working conditions.

- No environmental hazards are indicated for this classification.

If you feel this opportunity could be the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply. This position will accept applications on an ongoing basis.

Owens & Minor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, religion, disability, age, status as a veteran, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.