Lead Procurement Category Manager

About The Weather Company: The Weather Company is the world’s leading weather provider, helping people and businesses make more informed decisions and take action in the face of weather. Together with advanced technology and AI, The Weather Company’s high-volume weather data, insights, advertising, and media solutions across the open web help people, businesses, and brands around the world prepare for and harness the power of weather in a scalable, privacy-forward way. The world’s most accurate forecaster globally, the company reaches hundreds of enterprise clients and more than 360 million monthly active users via its digital properties from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com). AI is part of how we work: Human judgment, expertise, and creativity remain essential and are amplified by AI. We expect everyone in this role to use AI thoughtfully and proactively to accelerate their performance, improve the quality of their work, and explore new possibilities. We are looking for people who are curious, adaptable, and excited to help shape an AI-enabled culture that delivers better outcomes for our customers and our company. Job brief: We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead and drive key initiatives for our Enterprise business using Agile methodologies and AI tool integration. This individual will play a critical role in ensuring the successful delivery of complex projects, driving collaboration across cross-functional teams, and aligning project goals with strategic business objectives. The impact you'll make: Leading and Facilitating Agile Projects: Planning, coordinating, and managing Agile projects from initiation to completion. Facilitating Agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives) and promoting continuous improvement. Ensuring team adherence to Agile principles and practices. Project Scope and Delivery: Managing project scope, timelines, budgets, and resources. E

About The Weather Company: The Weather Company is the world’s leading weather provider, helping people and businesses make more informed decisions and take action in the face of weather. Together with advanced technology and AI, The Weather Company’s high-volume weather data, insights, advertising, and media solutions across the open web help people, businesses, and brands around the world prepare for and harness the power of weather in a scalable, privacy-forward way. The world’s most accurate forecaster globally, the company reaches hundreds of enterprise clients and more than 360 million monthly active users via its digital properties from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com). AI is part of how we work: Human judgment, expertise, and creativity remain essential and are amplified by AI. We expect everyone in this role to use AI thoughtfully and proactively to accelerate their performance, improve the quality of their work, and explore new possibilities. We are looking for people who are curious, adaptable, and excited to help shape an AI-enabled culture that delivers better outcomes for our customers and our company. Job brief: As a Lead Procurement Category Manager at the Weather Company, you will help implement Procurement, purchasing processes and activities for technology categories in accordance with the business strategic requirements set forth by Procurement and the business units. This role will be responsible for all strategic and tactical aspects of supply chain procurement including stakeholder management, requirements intake, product/service cost reduction, supplier negotiations, strategic sourcing, supplier performance management and improvements, project management and daily operational processing of requests and Pos. Spend categories under management are focused on information technology, including software/SaaS, hardware, cloud infrastructure, telecommunications, and so

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. Summary Department Introduction: Micron Technology is a global leader in memory and storage solutions, dedicated to transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. The Global Procurement team partners across engineering, manufacturing, and supplier ecosystems to ensure scalable, cost-effective, and resilient sourcing strategies that support Micron’s technology roadmap and manufacturing excellence. Position Overview: As a Principal Category Manager for Capital Equipment, you will lead global sourcing strategy and supplier engagement for key semiconductor equipment categories such as Etch, Deposition, CMP, Wet Process, Implant, Photo, and Metrology. You will act as a strategic partner to engineering and operations teams, driving long-term cost, performance, and supply continuity outcomes. This role requires strong commercial leadership, deep market expertise, and the ability to influence executive team members and suppliers to deliver measurable business impact. Responsibilities Define and lead global category strategies for capital equipment, including supplier selection, sourcing models, and long-term roadmap alignment. Conduct market intelligence analysis, including supplier capability mapping, technology trends, pricing models, and cost curves. Lead executive-level supplier engagement, including strategic reviews, performance management, and escalation handling. Negotiate complex, multi-year global agreements covering pricing, capaci

Our Company Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We’re passionate about empowering people to craft beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to building exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours! The Opportunity Adobe purchases products and services from thousands of suppliers each year. We aim to accelerate Adobe's continued commercial success through outstanding strategic sourcing. You will have the chance to lead sourcing projects while you partner with internal teams and suppliers to optimize spend across Adobe's indirect categories. What you'll do Lead end-to-end commercial strategy for global cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), including complex enterprise agreements, consumption optimization, and long-term capacity planning. Partner with Engineering, Architecture, and Finance to translate cloud usage patterns into actionable sourcing strategies that reduce total cost of ownership while maintaining performance and resilience. Develop and execute negotiation strategies for multi-year cloud commitments, marketplace agreements, and emerging cloud-native services. Utilize governance mechanisms that improve visibility into cloud spend, usage forecasting, and risk management. Monitor market trends across hyperscalers and cloud ecosystem vendors to inform build vs. buy decisions and long-term platform strategy. Proactively seek value-creating opportunitie

Where Performance Meets Purpose Join a team that values excellence and innovation, at a company known for its iconic golf brands. At Acushnet Company, your background and experience contribute to creating the best products for dedicated golfers worldwide. Here, your performance has purpose. What You Will Be Doing As a Senior Category Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping and executing strategic sourcing initiatives across direct and indirect spend categories.This position is responsible for developing category strategies that optimize total cost of ownership, drive supplier performance, mitigate supply chain risk, and support business growth. Working closely with Manufacturing, Operations, and cross-functional stakeholders, you will lead sourcing initiatives, negotiate key supplier agreements, monitor market trends, and identify opportunities for innovation and cost savings. The role also oversees supplier relationship management, procurement processes, and global sourcing support, including partnerships with Acushnet (Titleist) Thailand, ensuring a resilient, high-performing supply base aligned with the company's strategic objectives. What You Bring Bachelor’s degree required; concentration in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or Management preferred. Master’s degree preferred. Minimum of 5+ years of procurement or strategic sourcing experience, with preferred experience managing both direct and indirect spend categories. Ability to travel up to 25%. Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, supplier management, and direct and indirect material procurement. Deep understanding of market dynamics, supply chain trends, and category managemen

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Okta's Strategic Sourcing and Procurement (SS&P) team is looking for an experienced Category Manager (Technology Sourcing) to to join our energetic Strategic Sourcing team to support and be part of Okta's continued growth. You will lead sourcing activities for our Technology spend globally. This includes leading complex, high-value sourcing projects and contract negotiations for IT service and product categories such as Software, Network, SaaS, IaaS, Telephony, and other direct or indirect technology requirements on a local or global scale. In this role, you will be a trusted, senior partner to our Technology stakeholders — owning the sourcing strategy for some of SS&P's most complex and highest-impact categories, leading high-stakes negotiations, and driving cost-saving initiatives while maintaining service quality and mitigating risk. You will also provide guidance and mentorship to junior Category Managers and serve as an escalation point for Tactical Sourcing on technology-related matters. We are looking for a proactive, organized, and collaborative individual who works well in a fast-paced environment and can operate with a high degree of autonomy. This role will report to the Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Technology. This is a hybrid role (2 days a week in office) and must be based in either Bellevue, WA, or the San Francisco Bay Area. Key Responsibilities: Category Strategy & Planning: Develop and lead sourcing st