Category Manager, Professional Services – Remote

You’re following your purpose- and there’s still more to come. Keep developing your skills and explore all that you can do across our global company. As part of Jacobs’ Corporate Procurement team, you’ll join a group of strategic-focused professionals whose goal is to ensure the company gets the most value out of every dollar spent. As Category Manager for Professional Services you will partner with various corporate functions including Finance, Legal, Strategy and others to lead the development, implementation and ongoing management of category strategies at global and regional levels. Above and beyond Strategic Sourcing activities, you’ll master the knowledge of external variables (supply markets, cost drivers, commodity trending) and the internal landscape (requirements, organizational structure, priorities). Your collaborative relationships within Procurement, with Stakeholders, and with Suppliers will successfully develop and execute against Category strategies that utilize various value levers to deliver improved cost, reduced risk and more efficient programs at Jacobs.

Utilizing your keen analysis expertise, creative sourcing approaches, and demand management, you’ll achieve cost savings, mitigate risk, and improve process efficiencies. You’ll lead the supplier selection process across multiple subsets of the category, with various scope and stakeholder groups. Your dedication to our culture of inclusion and diversity will allow you to foster positive relationships within your team, as well as with diverse, disadvantaged and small business suppliers. You’ll successfully lead negotiations with current and potential suppliers as part of the contract renewal or vendor selection process. You’ll use those innovative category councils and business reviews to support collaboration, knowledge sharing, opportunity identification, and overall relationship development. You’ll unleash innovation within the procurement space, looking at new ways to structure programs or categories, benefitting from changes in supply market, and modifying tools/processes to add value.

At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. If you’re interested in a rewarding career working with the industry’s best and most innovative professionals, then Jacobs is where you belong. We are looking for a driven and curious client-focused Category Manager to grow with our team.

• Minimum 10 years of Procurement experience

• Significant experience in managing procurement activities on major projects, including drafting and formulating contracts, RFx development, negotiations, administering major purchase orders, contracts or subcontracts, supplier relationship and performance management

• Procurement experience in projects related to managing professional services- either as a Procurement professional or a practitioner in the function.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Engineering, Supply Management or other applicable field.

• Certification from the Institute for Supply Management or National Contract Management Association (or other international equivalent)

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.