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 prospects (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