Applied Materials

4 months ago

Global Category Manager - Human Capital Services

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Job Summary

Own a global sourcing category strategy for Human Capital Services, defining multi-year roadmaps, supplier portfolio segmentation, governance, and value capture. Lead strategic supplier relationship management and business partnership through category councils and stakeholder engagement rhythms. Integrate risk, compliance, and third-party considerations into category decisions, and orchestrate execution using a center-led “one house” model with sourcing and SCoE teams. Build capability and drive adoption across regions.

Location: Austin, Massachusetts, Santa Clara

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Define and maintain a multi-year global category strategy, scope/taxonomy alignment, and a demand/supply perspective.
•Own supplier portfolio design and segmentation, lead SRM for priority suppliers, and drive rationalization/consolidation to reduce total cost of ownership.
•Serve as a trusted advisor to business unit leaders; run category councils and governance forums and set stakeholder engagement rhythms.
•Establish and govern the category value pipeline with Finance, define outcome metrics beyond savings, and ensure sourcing/contracting alignment to strategy.
•Integrate third-party risk management and compliance considerations; translate supply-market risks into actions and orchestrate execution through sourcing wave plans.

Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 108,000 - 148,500 annually

Perks:Employee AssistanceTravel Allowance

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
•Demonstrated leadership in category management, including building and executing category strategies, supplier segmentation, and governance models.
•Strong commercial expertise in negotiations, contract strategy, and total cost/value analysis across complex stakeholder environments.
•Proven ability to lead in a global, matrixed organization and drive alignment across regions, functions, and senior stakeholders.
•Experience integrating risk and compliance considerations into supplier and category decisions.

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:Strategic thinkingBusiness partnershipSupplier leadershipAnalytical leadershipGovernance discipline

Certifications:CPSMCIPSCPM

Company Brief

Applied Materials

Provides semiconductor manufacturing equipment, services, and software used to build advanced chips and display technologies. Its tools support materials engineering, deposition, etching, inspection, and process control for major electronics manufacturers worldwide.

Industry: Industrial Machinery

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States

Founded: 1967

Glassdoor: 3.9

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Applied Materials

4 months ago

Global Category Manager - Human Capital Services

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 7 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Austin, Massachusetts, Santa Clara

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Define and maintain a multi-year global category strategy, scope/taxonomy alignment, and a demand/supply perspective.
•Own supplier portfolio design and segmentation, lead SRM for priority suppliers, and drive rationalization/consolidation to reduce total cost of ownership.
•Serve as a trusted advisor to business unit leaders; run category councils and governance forums and set stakeholder engagement rhythms.
•Establish and govern the category value pipeline with Finance, define outcome metrics beyond savings, and ensure sourcing/contracting alignment to strategy.
•Integrate third-party risk management and compliance considerations; translate supply-market risks into actions and orchestrate execution through sourcing wave plans.

Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 108,000 - 148,500 annually

Perks:Employee AssistanceTravel Allowance

Key Requirements

•Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
•Demonstrated leadership in category management, including building and executing category strategies, supplier segmentation, and governance models.
•Strong commercial expertise in negotiations, contract strategy, and total cost/value analysis across complex stakeholder environments.
•Proven ability to lead in a global, matrixed organization and drive alignment across regions, functions, and senior stakeholders.
•Experience integrating risk and compliance considerations into supplier and category decisions.

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:Strategic thinkingBusiness partnershipSupplier leadershipAnalytical leadershipGovernance discipline

Certifications:CPSMCIPSCPM

Company Brief

Applied Materials

Industry: Industrial Machinery

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States

Founded: 1967

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor