FICO is an analytics company helping businesses make better decisions that drive higher levels of growth and success.
Senior Category Manager – Global Procurement, Hardware, Software, Infrastructure
Location
California
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$94.5K - $148.5K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or related field, or relevant experience; advanced degree a plus.
- Demonstrable experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management across hardware, software and technology infrastructure.
- Proven ability to negotiate and structure complex vendor agreements with reputable suppliers.
- Experience developing vendor consolidation strategies that reduce risk, improve operations and deliver measurable cost savings.
- Strong financial acumen, including business case development, TCO analysis, and capital and operating expenditure planning.
- Familiarity with Source-to-Pay systems, Business Intelligence tools, and procurement process improvement.
- Confident and poised; excellent verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to influence and present to stakeholders up to C-Suite.
- Ability to build cross-functional relationships across Engineering, Product and other technology teams, as well as Finance, Legal, Operations and Security teams.
- Self-starter with can-do attitude, sense of humor, strong organizational skills, sound judgment, and ability to manage competing priorities.
- Willingness to travel occasionally; comfortable working in dynamic, globally diverse environments.
Benefits
- An inclusive culture strongly reflecting our core values: Act Like an Owner, Delight Our Customers and Earn the Respect of Others.
- The opportunity to make an impact and develop professionally by leveraging your unique strengths and participating in valuable learning experiences.
- Highly competitive compensation, benefits and rewards programs that encourage you to bring your best every day and be recognized for doing so.
- An engaging, people-first work environment offering work/life balance, employee resource groups, and social events to promote interaction and camaraderie.
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