Title:  Category Manager - Indirect Services

Job Title: Category Manager – Indirect Services

Job Code: 25535

Job Location: Remote Opportunity within the United States

Job Schedule: 9/80 REG

Job Description:

L3Harris’ Corporate Headquarters located in Melbourne, FL is seeking a Lead, Category Management to join our Corporate Indirect Category Management Team. This highly visible, fast-paced, multi-dimensional role drives organizational value by providing strategic and day-to-day leadership across our Enterprise Technology Services spend.  Key responsibilities include working with executive management and functional stakeholders to lead category management, strategic sourcing, and supplier relationship management. This includes creating and executing category and sourcing strategies aimed at cost reduction, supply simplification, demand management, and ensuring services availability, with a spend responsibility of $500M - $1B. Strong business acumen, advanced negotiation skills, and a deep understanding of global economics and market data are required to forecast trends, reduce costs, and drive continuous improvement. Additionally, this position demands excellent interpersonal and leadership skills to influence change across functions.

This role will report to the Senior Manager, Category Management – Enterprise Technology as part of the Corporate Indirect Category Management Team and our strategic supply chain organization focused on leveraging the company’s scale and deploying best practices that achieve best possible quality, technology, cost and delivery for internal customers.          

Essential Functions:

• Develop and apply negotiation strategies and lead negotiations with strategic services suppliers to maximize benefits across L3Harris
• Partner and maintain relationships as a subject matter expert (SME) on a continuous basis with Enterprise Technology customers to understand evolving business objectives, expectations and specific requirements, identify critical service providers, and influence demand
• Monitor and enforce contract obligations, service levels, and KPIs
• Assess internal benchmarks, supplier ratings, and enterprise rate cards for all major lines of category spend
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and cost optimization initiatives in collaboration with suppliers
• Lead formal governance meetings, business reviews, and performance assessments
• Leverage advanced procurement analytics and tools (e.g., cost modeling, price regression analysis, scenario planning, eAuctions, etc.) and drive systems and analytics best practices across the organization
• Develop contractual documentation (Master Service Agreements, Enterprise Agreements, Statements of Work, etc.) in accordance with established policies and procedures while minimizing contractual risk
• Generate market insights through research and data, industry developments, supply/demand dynamics, emerging technologies, leading-edge practices
• Build, manage, and ensure execution of the category strategy to achieve category goals, achieve business strategies and deliver sustainable category value
• Maintain knowledge of, and experience in, requirements for services and supplier capabilities in Enterprise Technology Services
• Support regular communications with supply chain leadership and functional teams on category status, challenges, and opportunities
• Assess supplier risks, develop the appropriate contingency plans, and drive inclusion into overall decision-making process

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Demonstrated category management or sourcing experience in Enterprise Technology Labor Services and corresponding commercial models (Managed Services, T&M, etc.)
• Comprehensive knowledge of Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, and Strategic Partner Management
• Experience in Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry preferred
• Self-managed/motivated – ability to independently set priorities, meet commitments with a desire to continuously improve
• Strong interpersonal and planning skills to lead change through influencing abilities
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to present and discuss strategy and analysis
• Project Management certification and/or experience
• Institute of Supply Management (ISM) certification (CPSM, CPM) or equivalent
• ASCM CLTD certification
• Experience utilizing eSourcing tools (e.g. Ariba)

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $86,000 - $159,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.