Owens & Minor
Owens & Minor
Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company that helps move care from hospitals to homes. Its work spans healthcare logistics, inventory management, supply chain services, infection prevention, and consulting for acute and non-acute care providers. By coordinating products, partnerships, and operational support, the company helps healthcare organizations reduce complexity, manage costs, and serve patients, manufacturers, and communities more effectively. Its broad healthcare and logistics operations create opportunities for professionals interested in improving how essential care products reach the people and facilities that need them.

Senior Category Manager, Professional Services - Remote Virginia

Lead professional-services category strategy, sourcing, supplier performance, and procurement teams for Owens & Minor. Drive savings, governance, and stakeholder value across indirect spend.

Description

  • Build and execute multiyear category strategies aligned with business goals and procurement value targets
  • Create strategic sourcing plans, initiative pipelines, and category roadmaps for assigned indirect categories
  • Apply market intelligence, supplier segmentation, demand patterns, and risk mitigation plans to guide sourcing decisions
  • Manage category strategies spanning consulting, legal, audit, tax, engineering, and financial advisory services
  • Lead end-to-end sourcing events, from stakeholder alignment and supplier selection through RFP/RFQ execution, analysis, negotiations, and award recommendations
  • Create negotiation strategies covering commercial value, service expectations, risk, contract flexibility, and supplier performance
  • Collaborate with Legal, Finance, Compliance, and business stakeholders on contract reviews and business decisions
  • Oversee key supplier relationships, performance reviews, issue resolution, and continuous improvement
  • Achieve annual P&L Reduction and P&L Protection targets through sourcing, negotiation, demand management, supplier optimization, working capital, savings pipelines, benefit validation, and budget impact
  • Monitor sourcing results, validate benefits with Finance, and contribute to leadership reporting
  • Establish preferred supplier programs that consolidate spend and strengthen professional-services governance
  • Directly manage Category Managers, Analysts, Specialists, and other assigned procurement team members
  • Provide coaching, feedback, talent development planning, workload prioritization, governance, and performance management
  • Mentor team members in category strategy, sourcing discipline, stakeholder engagement, and negotiation preparation
  • Advance collaboration, accountability, process alignment, and consistent procurement standards
  • Build executive stakeholder relationships and establish Procurement as a strategic business partner
  • Work with the CFO, Finance, General Counsel, and corporate leaders to promote early procurement involvement and leadership visibility
  • Implement a Finance-supported spend control tower to improve transparency and show functional budget impact
  • Lead complex cross-functional initiatives and influence senior leaders in support of enterprise objectives
  • Drive adoption of procurement strategies, processes, and technologies
  • Balance stakeholder priorities with governance, risk management, and business needs
  • Promote collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement across Procurement and business functions
  • Use digital procurement technologies, data analytics, and process automation to strengthen decisions and stakeholder outcomes
  • Apply procurement platforms and analytical tools to category strategy, sourcing execution, supplier management, and performance reporting

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; an advanced degree is preferred
  • At least 10 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, category management, finance, or a related business field
  • At least 3 years of direct people leadership experience preferred or required based on organizational need
  • Strong knowledge of indirect procurement, category management, strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, contract negotiations, and procurement practices across multiple spend categories
  • Expertise leading complex sourcing events, supplier negotiations, and cross-functional procurement initiatives
  • Experience managing business stakeholders and indirect supplier relationships
  • Record of delivering measurable savings or other value outcomes
  • Hands-on experience with procurement platforms and analytical tools
  • Ability to use digital procurement technologies, data analytics, and process automation
  • Work is performed in an indoor environment
  • No environmental hazards are indicated for this classification

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage begins on the first day for eligible full-time teammates
  • Educational assistance is available to eligible teammates in approved, accredited collegiate programs
  • Employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage
  • Optional supplemental life, hospitalization, critical illness, and other insurance plans
  • Adoption assistance
  • Fertility benefits
  • Parental leave
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • 401(k) plan
  • Sick days and short-term leave
  • Holidays, vacation, personal days, and other leave options
  • Teammate Assistance Program (TAP)
  • Calm Health
  • Cancer Resources Services
  • Discount programs

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