Role Purpose

The Senior Manager serves as the regional leader of the Indiabased GSP Category Execution Hub, responsible for driving bestinclass commercial execution for APACs most complex and highvalue capital construction programs.

This role owns the strategy-to-execution bridge, leading a team that delivers RFx excellence, advanced commercial analytics, supplier performance governance, and scalable processes that enable reliable execution across India, Korea, Taiwan, and China.

The Senior Manager partners closely with GSP Category Leadership, regional project leaders, commercial managers, engineering, and onsite focal resources to ensure commercial readiness, risk visibility, and disciplined execution across all phases of capital projects.

Key Responsibilities

1. Leadership of APAC Category Execution (India Hub)
- Lead and grow the India Hub team responsible for sourcing execution, cost modeling, analytics, and supplier performance.
- Drive operational excellence across all category execution workflowsRFx, contracting support, benchmarking, market intelligence,



and commercial governance.
- Serve as the primary point of leadership for Indiabased category execution supporting APAC capital projects.

2. Category Execution HighValue Commercial Operations
- Oversee the full RFx lifecycle for complex construction, engineering, cleanroom, and fitout packages.
- Set negotiation strategy, support contractstructure development, and ensure commercial alignment across multiple projects and markets.
- Ensure commercial rigor on changeorder management, claims mitigation, cost reconciliation, and risk allocation.
- Partner with Commercial Managers/GWI to ensure category execution directly supports project schedule, budget, and risk requirements.

3. Supplier Strategy, Governance Performance Management
- Lead supplier capability assessments, longterm performance tracking, and supplierdevelopment programs across APAC construction categories.
- Provide forwardlooking visibilit

📌 Regional Category Manager, Capital Construction (Bengaluru)
🏢 Applied Materials
📍 Bengaluru