We are seeking a highly motivated Category Manager to lead the strategic sourcing, commercial management, and governance of outsourced service providers across multiple business functions.
The role is responsible for developing category strategies, managing key supplier relationships, leading competitive sourcing events, negotiating commercial agreements, and ensuring outsourced contracts deliver maximum value, performance, innovation, and risk mitigation.
Your Role
- Develop and execute category strategies for outsourced services aligned with business objectives.
- Lead end-to-end sourcing activities, including RFI, RFQ, RFP, supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract awards.
- Analyze market trends, supplier capabilities, and industry developments to identify opportunities and risks.
- Drive cost savings, cost avoidance, and value creation initiatives
- Manage strategic supplier relationships through regular governance meetings and business reviews.
- Establish supplier performance KPIs and ensure contractual obligations are achieved.
- Identify and implement supplier innovation and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Resolve supplier performance issues and commercial disputes in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Lead negotiation of complex commercial agreements, Statements of Work (SOWs), Master Service Agreements (MSAs), and contract renewals.
- Ensure contracts deliver appropriate service levels, risk protection, pricing structures, and performance incentives.
- Monitor contract compliance and proactively manage renewals and renegotiations.
- Partner with business leaders to understand requirements and align sourcing strategies to business priorities.
- Influence stakeholders and facilitate decision-making on supplier selection and contracting strategies.
- Provide procurement expertise and market insights to support operational and strategic objectives.
- Assess supplier risks, including operational, financial, regulatory, cybersecurity, and continuity risks.
- Develop contingency and mitigation plans for critical outsourced services.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, contracting standards, and governance requirements.
Your Backround
- Minimum 7 years of experience in procurement
- Sourcing
- Category management, and/or supplier management, with a proven track record leading RFPs, contract negotiations, and complex supplier engagements
- Strategic sourcing
- Category management
- Contractual negotiations
- Supplier relationship management
- Outsourced service governance
- Stakeholder management
- Cost optimization
- Risk management
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Significant relevant procurement and supplier management experience may be considered in lieu of formal educational requirements.
Why Join Aptiv
You grow at Aptiv.
Aptiv's winning culture is global by design. We bring together diverse perspectives, cultures, and business contexts to solve our customers' toughest challenges. In this environment, every individual can grow, lead, and make an impact, regardless of background, because inclusion fuels how we innovate and win.
You make an impact at Aptiv.
One of the strengths of humanity is our drive to progress, to improve, to achieve more tomorrow than we did yesterday. People need solutions they can trust when it matters most. At Aptiv, you are building those solutions every day.
You have support at Aptiv.
We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family, your physical health, and your mental health with a competitive benefits package.
Your Benefits at Aptiv
- Personal holidays, Healthcare, Dental, Pension, Tax saver scheme, Free Onsite Breakfast & Lunch, Discounted Corporate Gym Membership.
- Multicultural environment
- Learning, professional growth and development in a world-recognized international environment.
- Access to internal & external training, coaching & certifications.
- Recognition for innovation and excellence.
- Access to transportation: Grand Canal Dock is well-connected to public transportation, including DART trains, buses, and bike-sharing services, making it easy to get to and from the area.
Meet the Next Generation Aptiv
At Aptiv, we deliver innovative solutions that people trust when it matters most.
Progress is never static. It is about reaching further, exploring new possibilities, and enabling mobility. Aptiv empowers customers to create solutions people rely on—advancing safety and autonomy in Automotive and Commercial Vehicles, enabling mission-critical performance in Aerospace & Defense, and powering intelligent systems across Energy, Enterprise, and Telecommunications. We also drive precision and efficiency in Industrials & Robotics and support life-critical innovation in Medical technologies.
Guided by our winning culture and values to Think & Act Like Owners, as One Team, and Play to Win, we turn commitment into results and achieve more together.
Join Us to Deliver Innovative Solutions That People Trust!
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