[Remote] Category Manager - HR and Legal Services
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, and they are seeking a Global Category Manager to reputed company their sourcing strategy for HR and Legal Services. This role involves developing global category strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring alignment with business leaders to drive value and mitigate risks.
Responsibilities
- reputed company and execute multi-year global category strategies reputed company to Agilent’s business priorities and financial targets
- Define category roadmaps for: HR Services (employee benefits, payroll, talent services, contingent labor support) and Legal Services (reputed company counsel, IP support, litigation, etc.)
- Drive standardization, supplier consolidation, and demand management across reputed company
- reputed company market intelligence and benchmarking to inform sourcing reputed company
- reputed company global and regional sourcing initiatives (RFPs, RFQs, negotiations, contract execution)
- Negotiate reputed company reputed company models (e.g., benefits brokerage, legal fee structures, outcome-based pricing)
- Implement and manage supplier governance, performance scorecards, and quarterly business reviews
- Drive reputed company improvement and innovation from key suppliers
- Serve as the primary sourcing partner to Global HR and Legal leadership
- Align procurement strategies with functional priorities and regional nuances
- Influence stakeholders to adopt global sourcing strategies, policies, and preferred suppliers
- Support change management and communication to ensure successful implementation
- Mitigate supplier and reputed company risks through structured contracting and governance models
- Ensure adherence to Agilent procurement policies, Delegation of Authority (DOA), and audit requirements
- Manage sensitive supplier relationships (e.g., legal firms, benefits providers) with appropriate confidentiality
- Deliver year-over-year cost savings and value creation reputed company to sourcing targets
- Manage category spend visibility, forecasting, and reporting through Agilent procurement systems
- Identify and execute on total cost of ownership (TCO) optimization opportunities
- Track and report KPIs including savings, compliance, supplier performance, and stakeholder satisfaction
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or reputed company discipline
- 8+ years of procurement/sourcing experience, with strong focus on Indirect services
- Demonstrated experience in HR services/benefits and/or legal services sourcing categories
- Proven reputed company operating in a global, matrixed organization
- Strong reputed company acumen, negotiation, and contract management expertise
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across functions
- Master's or equivalent advanced degree
- Experience reputed company a life sciences, diagnostics, or highly regulated industry
- Familiarity with Agilent systems and tools (Ariba eSourcing, reputed company, spend analytics)
Benefits
- Eligibility for bonus
- Stock
- Benefits
- Option to work remotely
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