Senior Category Manager, Indirect Materials & Services
Originally posted 16 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and delivering cost, quality, service, and risk management objectives across a portfolio of indirect spend categories, specifically test and lab equipment, engineering contracting and technical services, and select corporate indirect materials and services.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute category strategies for test and lab equipment, engineering services, and other indirect materials and services.
- Lead RFIs, RFPs, supplier selection, negotiations, contract execution, and supplier onboarding activities.
- Analyze spend, market trends, and supplier capabilities to identify cost savings, risk mitigation, and innovation opportunities.
- Drive total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements through supplier consolidation, standardization, and lifecycle management.
- Support capital equipment planning and procurement activities for engineering and lab environments.
- Negotiate pricing, statements of work, service agreements, maintenance contracts, and commercial terms.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
- 7+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, or category management experience.
- Strong negotiation, contract management, and supplier relationship management skills.
- Proven ability to deliver measurable cost savings and business value.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.
Nice to have
- Experience sourcing test and lab equipment, engineering services, contingent labor, or technical service providers.
- Experience managing corporate services and indirect procurement categories in a technology, semiconductor, manufacturing, or engineering environment.
- Knowledge of category management, supplier relationship management (SRM), and total cost of ownership (TCO) methodologies.
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 48-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3569
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Median days open
48 d
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Median salary
$128k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Marvell Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (3569 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 3569 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 6 | 9260 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 2 d | 48 d (−46 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $128k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 606 open roles · median 47 d
- Lam Research · 519 open roles · median 40 d
- Micron Technology · 239 open roles · median 33 d
- KLA Corporation · 220 open roles · median 55 d
- ASML · 173 open roles · median 68 d
- ASM International · 142 open roles · median 70 d
How we counted: 3569 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.