Category Manager, Strategic Sourcing

CVS Health•Hartford, CT

6d•$66,330 - $145,860•Hybrid

About The Position

The Category Manager, Strategic Sourcing advances CVS Health’s procurement transformation by leading data‑driven, digitally enabled sourcing initiatives and supporting category management across indirect spend. Leveraging prior managerial sourcing experience, this role partners with category leaders and stakeholders to shape and execute sourcing and category strategies, applying analytics, digital workflows, automation, and AI to drive enterprise value, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, finance, analytics, consulting, or a related field
Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with data visualization, dashboards, or procurement analytics tools
Demonstrated experience leading RFx processes, sourcing platforms, contract analysis, or digital transformation initiatives
Experience working in large, complex, or matrixed organizations strongly preferred
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience is required

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Responsibilities

Lead moderately complex to complex sourcing events aligned to category strategies and enterprise priorities, supporting near‑ and long‑term category objectives
Own end‑to‑end RFx development, including scopes of work, evaluation frameworks, and award recommendations informed by category insights and market dynamics
Lead supplier engagement and negotiations, developing negotiation strategies and commercial trade‑offs to deliver compliant, value‑focused outcomes aligned to category roadmaps
Serve as an escalation point for execution and negotiation issues, partnering with category leaders to mitigate risk and protect category strategy
Perform advanced analysis of spend, supplier performance, contracts, and proposals to influence strategy
Identify risks, value opportunities, and improvement levers across assigned categories
Deliver executive-level insights linking data to business and financial outcomes
Lead adoption of sourcing processes, analytics, reporting, and digital tools
Contribute to standardization, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives
Partner with senior leaders on pilots and transformation programs, owning assigned workstreams
Support knowledge sharing and capability building across the team
Act as a primary sourcing partner to cross‑functional stakeholders, presenting sourcing strategies, insights, and recommendations to business audiences to support alignment and decision‑making
Provide informal coaching to elevate sourcing and analytics capabilities, including guiding stakeholders through insights, tools, and outputs
Build trusted relationships with category teams by clearly articulating sourcing outcomes and value stories that support strategy and long‑term value realization