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Cencora

Distributes medicines and supports patient care

Manager, Technology Category Management

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in USA$76.2k - $119.5kRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field is required.
  • At least 5 years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement, including at least 3 years focused on technology categories, is required.
  • Experience in the assigned category—hardware/telecom/cloud, software, or technology services—is required.
  • Demonstrated success negotiating technology contracts and delivering measurable savings is required.
  • Working knowledge of technology commercial models, including licensing, subscription, consumption, statements of work, time-and-materials, fixed-price, and service-level agreements, as well as related risk, data privacy, and security considerations, is required.
  • Strong analytical skills and proficiency with spend analytics and sourcing tools such as Ariba, Power BI, and Excel are required.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence business and IT stakeholders, are required.

Responsibilities

  • Manage category strategies, sourcing plans, and pipeline priorities for assigned spend areas in alignment with business demand, service, quality, and cost objectives; develop the annual plan for assigned spend and contribute to the broader category plan.
  • Analyze spend, demand, and market data to identify productivity opportunities, including cost savings and cost avoidance through consolidation, demand management, renegotiation, rate and license optimization, and process improvement; maintain the opportunity pipeline for assigned spend.
  • Lead sourcing events, supplier evaluations, negotiations, and award recommendations to secure commercial value and category continuity within policy and control requirements; manage contracts within delegated authority and escalate complex or high-value commercial and contractual issues to the Director.
  • Apply expertise in technology contract terms, including pricing models, licensing rights, and intellectual property, and in governance practices to ensure compliance and maximize long-term value.
  • Deliver negotiated productivity by validating savings against baseline spend with Finance, driving implementation and business adoption of negotiated terms, and tracking benefits to completion.
  • Manage supplier performance, contract compliance, and issue resolution for service, quality, risk, and supply concerns; conduct supplier reviews, track service-level agreements and key performance indicators, and flag financial and cyber risk.
  • Coordinate business, IT, Legal, Finance, Security, and Regional Sourcing/Country Leads to align requirements, specifications, timelines, and handoffs; serve as the primary contact with business and vendor counterparts for assigned spend and provide the Director with timely status updates, risks, and recommendations.
  • Manage budgets, savings tracking, and delivery plans for assigned spend using financial, capacity, and quality metrics; report performance to the Director and leadership.
  • Maintain current knowledge of market trends, emerging technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, and vendor capabilities to inform sourcing approaches and negotiation positions.
  • Support mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures and corporate initiatives, including vendor overlap and synergy analysis, due diligence, Day-1 readiness, and post-transaction integration or separation.
  • Contribute to process improvements, onboarding, cross-training, and local standardization; follow and help maintain category policies, procedures, and playbooks, and support adoption of approved tools and practices.
  • Provide day-to-day guidance and coaching to analysts and other team members on analysis, sourcing events, and best practices; support clear routines, accountability, and escalation paths.

Desired Qualifications

  • An MBA is preferred.
  • Experience guiding or mentoring team members is preferred.
  • Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures sourcing, and experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, or another regulated industry, are pluses.
  • A professional certification such as CPSM, CPP, or ISM is a plus.

About the Company

Cencora

Distributes medicines and supports patient care

Cencora buys and distributes medicines for pharmacies, hospitals and physician practices, while helping drug manufacturers bring treatments to patients. Its businesses combine wholesale supply networks with specialty distribution for complex therapies and services that support prescribing and patient access. Customers order medicines through its distribution systems, and its teams manage sourcing, storage and delivery alongside pharmacy operations and manufacturer support. It earns revenue from pharmaceutical sales and fees for logistics and healthcare services. The parent company was formed in 2001 through the merger that created AmerisourceBergen, adopted the Cencora name in 2023, and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Conshohocken, PA
Founded
2001

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