Global Category Manager – Engineering Services

Mirion • Oak Ridge, TN

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About The Position

The Global Category Manager – Engineering Services will own and drive Mirion’s global services spend strategy to ensure services are fit‑for‑purpose, value‑driven, risk‑controlled, and aligned with evolving business priorities, while enabling flexibility, scalability, and transformation of business and operating models across functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required. Supply Chain Management, or a related field/experience.
• Experience (5+ years) in strategic sourcing or category management, with a focus on indirect categories and/or services.
• Strong analytical skills, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to influence and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain global category strategies for prioritized services domains, with initial focus on logistics and trade services, technical and compliance services, professional services, facilities services.
• Segment services based on criticality, scalability, risk, and value creation potential.
• Establish clear sourcing and governance models by service type and maturity.
• Partner with functions (notably R&D and support functions) to support transitions from internal resource‑based models to external service‑based delivery.
• Challenge legacy “make” assumptions and support definition of service scopes, outcomes, and performance expectations.
• Enable shifts from fixed cost structures to variable, service‑based models where appropriate.
• Drive demand transparency, scope discipline, and standardization of service requirements.
• Define and implement governance frameworks for how services are specified, sourced, and consumed.
• Reduce fragmentation, unmanaged demand, and off‑contract service buying.
• Design and manage global supplier ecosystems aligned with capability, resilience, and performance needs.
• Implement SLA‑, KPI‑, and outcome‑based performance management models.
• Lead structured business reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead negotiation and management of service contracts, including SOW‑based and performance‑based agreements.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and Compliance to ensure contracts mitigate operational, financial, regulatory, and dependency risks.
• Support consistent application of contracting standards across regions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level