Professional Services Category Manager/Sr Category Manager, Procurement

LeadStack Inc. • Fort Worth, TX

6h • Onsite

About The Position

The Professional Services Category is part of the Procurement organization and manages end-to-end sourcing for Contact Centers, Consulting Services, Benefits, Contingent Labor, Marketing, Legal, and Financial Services. The Category Manager/Sr Category Manager develops and implements sourcing strategies, leads contract negotiations, optimizes stakeholder engagement, and drives vendor value creation. The role builds relationships with internal partners and vendors, leads sourcing events that deliver measurable savings and improvements, and addresses contracting, financial analysis, risk, legal, and regulatory requirements.

This role is focused on sourcing across the benefits vendor ecosystem, including medical carriers, PBMs, TPAs/ASO administrators, stop-loss carriers, brokers/consultants, benefits administration platforms, wellness vendors, voluntary benefits providers, and specialty point solutions. The position involves structured sourcing events, commercial and contractual negotiations, financial analysis, vendor governance, compliance-aware vendor management, and performance monitoring. It is an onsite contract position in Fort Worth, Texas, with the opportunity to convert to a full-time employee role. The listed contract duration is two months, and the pay range is $48–$52 per hour on W-2.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• At least 3 years of related work experience, including sourcing experience in indirect categories other than IT or contingent labor.
• Basic financial analysis and cost-savings skills using Excel.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving, customer-service, and communication skills.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of supply-chain concepts, with work experience applying those concepts.
• Negotiating and influencing skills.
• Ability to use technical tools for analysis, problem solving, forecasting, and quality improvement.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• High ethical standards.
• Ability to handle multiple simultaneous tasks, prioritize, and execute in a self-directed, organized, and resourceful manner.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, complex stakeholder dynamics, and change.
• Ability to work onsite five days per week in SV8, Fort Worth, Texas.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Business Management, Finance, Accounting, or another related field.
• Knowledge of Source to Pay systems.
• Knowledge of Coupa and Levelpath.
• Experience with benefits, including medical or pharmaceutical benefits.
• Process-mapping abilities.
• Supplier risk analysis experience.
• Vendor relationship management skills.
• Previous experience with Source to Pay systems.
• Energetic and ambitious, with an interest in developing a career in Procurement.
• Good work ethic and a positive attitude.
• Executive presence.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage many projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing activities, including category strategy development, RFx execution, supplier evaluation, market research, negotiations, and vendor performance monitoring.
• Manage sourcing activity across the benefits vendor ecosystem, including medical carriers, PBMs, TPAs/ASO administrators, stop-loss carriers, brokers/consultants, benefits administration platforms, wellness vendors, voluntary benefits providers, and specialty point solutions.
• Run RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, renewals, benchmarks, and market checks to support fair supplier comparisons, documented decisions, competitive leverage, and defensible sourcing outcomes.
• Negotiate commercial and contractual terms, including pricing, administrative fees, rebates, guarantees, SLAs, implementation obligations, audit rights, data-access rights, market-check language, termination terms, confidentiality, and renewal protections.
• Analyze supplier proposals, claims and utilization trends, renewal projections, administrative fees, PEPM/PMPM structures, PBM economics, rebate arrangements, stop-loss terms, service levels, and total cost of ownership to identify data-driven negotiation levers.
• Deliver hard savings, cost avoidance, value protection, and working-capital improvements through competitive sourcing, contract optimization, vendor consolidation, fee transparency, market checks, rebate and performance-guarantee improvements, and process optimization.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, consultants, IT/security, and business stakeholders to align sourcing strategies, contract terms, implementation plans, financial impacts, and risk considerations.
• Support compliance-aware vendor management by recognizing when ERISA fiduciary concepts, DOL service-provider oversight, broker/consultant compensation disclosures, voluntary benefit safe harbor requirements, RxDC, gag clause attestation, Transparency in Coverage, HIPAA, ACA, COBRA, or plan-document considerations require review.
• Create and manage vendor governance tools, including scorecards, performance-guarantee trackers, SLA dashboards, QBR/BR materials, corrective action plans, escalation paths, renewal dashboards, and contract compliance reviews.
• Monitor vendor performance against contractual, operational, financial, service, implementation, reporting, member-experience, and compliance expectations, and drive timely resolution of performance gaps.
• Maintain organized, audit-ready sourcing strategies, RFx materials, evaluation records, negotiation summaries, business cases, financial improvement reports, contract documents, and vendor governance records.
• Manage high-visibility and regulatory-complex projects while demonstrating project management, executive communication, stakeholder influence, analytical storytelling, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

• Opportunity to convert to a full-time employee role.
• Opportunity to develop professionally by partnering with cross-functional teams on high-impact projects.
• Opportunity to engage with senior leadership on sourcing and transformation projects.
• Opportunity to build a professional network with vendors and internal stakeholders.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level