Category Manager Indirect Procurement (Professional & Business Services)

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Job Title

Category Manager Indirect Procurement (Professional & Business Services)

Job Description

Category Manager – Indirect Procurement (Professional & Business Services)

Lead the strategy, performance, and supplier governance of the Professional & Business Services category—primarily in the Americas—while aligning regional execution with global priorities to deliver value and effectively partner with the business across a complex services landscape.

Your role:

• Translate global PBS category strategy into Americas execution plans while driving measurable value through savings, cost avoidance, and efficiency improvements.
• Build and manage a robust savings pipeline, leveraging demand management, specification optimization, and full spend visibility.
• Lead strategic supplier and ecosystem management, including segmentation, performance governance, consolidation, and MSP oversight.
• Drive commercial excellence, leading complex sourcing and negotiations while owning contracting frameworks (rate cards, SoWs, outcome-based models).
• Act as a strategic business partner, influencing stakeholders, aligning procurement with business priorities, and driving fact-based decision making.

You're the right fit if:

• Bachelor's/ master's degree in business, Procurement, Supply Chain Management or equivalent.
• You’ve acquired 5+ years of experience in Indirect Procurement/Category Management (preferably Professional Services), with a strong track record in supplier negotiations, commercial value delivery, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders within a global, matrix organization.
• Your skills include managing top-tier professional services suppliers, with a strong understanding of SoW-based procurement, external workforce models, and data-driven decision making, while demonstrating ownership, integrity, and the ability to build trusted relationships and challenge stakeholders to drive impactful, transparent outcomes.

• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position .

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This role is an onsite role.

About Philips:

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

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Philips Transparency Details:

The pay range for this position in Nashville Tennessee is $116000 to $155000.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.   

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered.  Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.  Details about our benefits can be found here . 

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case. 

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.  For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to posted locations.

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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.  Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.