Category Manager
- Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

Job Summary:
- Drive strategic sourcing, category governance, and cost optimization across business services (non-admin) categories by enabling value delivery, supplier innovation, and process excellence aligned to HCLTech procurement objectives.Key Responsibilities:
- 1. Category Strategy & Value Creation- Support Category Head in developing and executing category strategies for Business Services (e.g., talent platforms, assessments, consulting, marketing, events, digital tools).
- Identify cost optimization opportunities (cost-out, demand rationalization, TCO reduction) through benchmarking and analytics.
- Drive year-on-year savings, working capital improvement, and value creation initiatives.
- 2. Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Delivery- Lead end-to-end sourcing lifecycle - RFx, commercial negotiations, contracting, and award.
- Ensure competitive bidding, supplier evaluation, and fact-based decision-making.
- Enable eSourcing and digital procurement adoption (Ariba / ERP platforms).




- Support contract structuring with milestone-based payments and risk mitigation.
- 3. Supplier Management & Market Intelligence- Drive supplier onboarding, development, and performance management.
- Conduct market research, benchmarking, and supplier landscape analysis.
- Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, innovation, and alternate sourcing.
- Track vendor performance (SLAs, KPIs, delivery quality) and drive continuous improvement.
- 4. Stakeholder Management & Business Partnering- Act as a procurement business partner to internal stakeholders (HR, L&D;, Marketing, IT, etc.).
- Translate business requirements into commercially viable sourcing strategies.
- Manage escalations, align expectations, and ensure high stakeholder satisfaction (IPSAT improvement).
- Drive demand governance and compliance to procurement policies.
- 5. Governance, Compliance & Risk Management- Ensure adherence to procurement policies, au

📌 Category Manager (Gautam Buddh Nagar)
🏢 HCLTech
📍 Gautam Buddh Nagar