Global Category Manager - Engineering Services

The Global Category Manager - Engineering Services will own and drive Mirion's global services spend strategy to ensure services are fit-for-purpose, value-driven, risk-controlled, and aligned with evolving business priorities, while enabling flexibility, scalability, and transformation of business and operating models across functions.

• Define and maintain global category strategies for prioritized services domains, with initial focus on logistics and trade services, technical and compliance services, professional services, facilities services.
• Segment services based on criticality, scalability, risk, and value creation potential.
• Establish clear sourcing and governance models by service type and maturity.

• Partner with functions (notably R&D and support functions) to support transitions from internal resource-based models to external service-based delivery.
• Challenge legacy "make" assumptions and support definition of service scopes, outcomes, and performance expectations.
• Enable shifts from fixed cost structures to variable, service-based models where appropriate.

• Drive demand transparency, scope discipline, and standardization of service requirements.
• Define and implement governance frameworks for how services are specified, sourced, and consumed.
• Reduce fragmentation, unmanaged demand, and off-contract service buying.

• Design and manage global supplier ecosystems aligned with capability, resilience, and performance needs.
• Implement SLA-, KPI-, and outcome-based performance management models.
• Lead structured business reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Lead negotiation and management of service contracts, including SOW-based and performance-based agreements.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and Compliance to ensure contracts mitigate operational, financial, regulatory, and dependency risks.
• Support consistent application of contracting standards across regions.

• Increased flexibility for functions through greater use of service-based delivery models.
• Reduced dependency on full-time internal resources for scalable or non-core activities.
• Improved cost transparency and predictability of services spend.
• Faster adaptation of functions to changing business needs.
• Simplified, governed, and high-performing services supplier landscape.

• Bachelor's degree is required. Supply Chain Management, or a related field/experience.
• Experience (5+ years) in strategic sourcing or category management, with a focus on indirect categories and/or services.
• Strong analytical skills, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to influence and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.