Engineering & Facility Services Category Manager
infosys bpmOak Park (IL)
Engineering & Facility Services Category Manager
Posted 4 days ago
infosys bpmOak Park (IL)
SENIORITY
Manager
About the role
Engineering & Facility Services Category Manager The Engineering and Facilities Services Manager is responsible for leading strategic sourcing and category management for tech services and professional services across U.S. + Canada regions in the FMCG/CPG/Manufacturing domain. This role drives cost optimization, service quality, supplier performance, and risk mitigation while ensuring compliance with North America’s regulatory, labor, safety, and data privacy regulations. The position partners are Technology, Operations, Facilities, Engineering, Finance, Legal, EHS, and quality stakeholders.
Job Description:
- Develop and execute category strategies for Tech Services and Professional Services aligned with business and operational goals
- Manage end-to-end category lifecycle, including spend analysis, and total cost of ownership (TCO) optimization
- Identify opportunities for consolidation, standardization, and preferred supplier programs across sites
- Strategic Sourcing Lead large sourcing events (RFP, RFQ, RFI) for professional services and tech services categories
- Negotiate commercial terms, pricing models, service levels (SLAs), and master service agreements (MSAs)
Support building sourcing pipelines for the category in the region and helping regional buyers drive sourcing projects.
Drive continuous improvement, cost reduction, and cost avoidance initiatives with services suppliers
Stakeholder Collaboration
Act as a strategic business partner to Technology, Engineering, Operations, EHS, Finance, and HRTranslate business requirements into sourcing solutions that balance cost, quality, safety, and service continuity
Provide market intelligence and benchmarking insights to internal stakeholders
Financial & Value Delivery
Deliver and report annual cost savings, cost avoidance, and value creation metrics
Leverage should-cost models, rate benchmarking, and market analytics
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education. At least 4 years of relevant work experience in the job description
Preferred Qualifications:
- Approximately 8-10 years’ experience in handling category management activities in the Professional Services and Tech Services space
- Professional certification (CPSM, CPSD, CIPS, PMP) preferred
- Exposure in drafting category strategy, sourcing planning, business case creation, sourcing execution and contract closure
- Good client facing & client management skills
- Demonstrated experience with Professional Services and Tech Services procurement in the U.S. market
- Experience working with national service providers and regional vendors
- Very good communication skills
- Strong customer‑centric mindset (client‑facing experience preferred)
- Transformation mindset with ability to identify improvement opportunities
- Highly organized, proactive, and goal‑oriented
- High integrity, attention to detail, and strong prioritization skills
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