Category Manager - Network Cabling
About the job
- Experience in network cabling, telecommunications, physical information technology infrastructure, or related technical environments.
- Experience managing suppliers, contracts, projects, programs, or customer engagements.
- Experience supporting sourcing, procurement, contract management, vendor management, or commercial activities.
- Ability to interpret technical specifications and translate them into supplier requirements and scopes of work.
- A relevant degree, technical diploma, trade certification, or equivalent practical experience.
- Bachelor's degree, technical diploma, trade certification, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Two or more years of experience with critical environment maintenance and repair cost management.
- Two or more years of experience with industry program and project management skills.
- Two years of experience using collaboration and productivity platforms such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.
- Lead end-to-end sourcing for network cabling, including technical specification review, supplier identification and qualification, tendering, commercial evaluation, negotiation, and contracting for cabling materials and installation labor.
- Partner with engineering, design, construction, and data center operations teams to translate technical requirements into scopes of work, bills of materials, installation standards, acceptance criteria, and supplier obligations.
- Evaluate cabling contractors and manufacturers on technical capability, installation quality, safety, capacity, delivery performance, commercial value, and compliance with applicable standards.
- Manage network cabling contracts through delivery, including changes, risks, milestones, service levels, claims, cost controls, and performance improvement.
- Build strategic relationships with cabling manufacturers, distributors, and installation partners, using key performance indicators and scorecards to improve quality, availability, cost, and delivery.
- Apply technical expertise to sourcing and contracting decisions, constructively challenge specifications and supplier proposals, and identify practical alternatives without compromising operational reliability.
- Manage the financial and commercial aspects of contracts, including purchase orders, invoices, forecasts, benchmarking, and cost-saving opportunities.
- Prepare quarterly spend, supplier-performance, and contract-management reviews for data center stakeholders.
- Support tracking and commercial management of data center maintenance, repair, upgrade, and project activities.
- Coordinate stakeholders, manage suppliers, and drive work from scope definition through contract execution and delivery using prior project-management or account-management experience.
- Identify and implement efficiency opportunities across technical systems, operational workflows, and resource deployment to improve performance, reduce costs, and support scalable data center operations.
- Capture local subject-matter expertise and promote consistent adoption of network cabling and contracting best practices.
- Contribute to improvements in Operations and Service Level Agreement processes, services, and solutions for CO+I.
- Coordinate closely with data center field operations and cross-functional teams to maintain alignment and support successful delivery.
- Two or more years of experience working with critical environment infrastructure such as UPS systems, generators, air handling units, structured cabling, servers, networking equipment, and data center capacity management.
- Experience supporting data center construction, commissioning, expansion, maintenance, or operational projects.
- Experience using reporting and data analysis tools such as Power BI, Excel, or similar analytical platforms.
- Relevant industry certifications such as PMP, ITIL, BICSI, CompTIA Network+, Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP), Microsoft certifications, or equivalent credentials.
About the company
Microsoft develops software, devices, and cloud services. Windows is an operating system that runs on personal computers, Office provides productivity apps, and Azure offers cloud computing and developer tools. The company differentiates itself with a large, integrated ecosystem of software, devices, and services, plus long-standing partnerships with PC makers and a broad enterprise footprint. Its goal is to put a computer on every desk and in every home, and to extend that reach through cloud services, professional networking (LinkedIn), and gaming.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Redmond, Washington
Founded
1975
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- Azure revenue grew 41% in FY2026, signaling durable enterprise demand for Microsoft AI infrastructure.
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