Senior Category Manager- Construction Services

Job Description

Job Description

Location : Hybrid (Philadelphia, PA | Newark, DE | Baltimore, MD)

Work Schedule : On-site 3 days / week (Tues-Thurs)

A leading energy provider is seeking a Senior Category Manager to join its dynamic procurement team. This role is ideal for a strategic sourcing professional with a strong background in construction services and a passion for driving value, mitigating risk, and building collaborative supplier relationships.

About the Role :

As a Senior Category Manager, you'll lead sourcing strategies and manage supplier relationships across multiple business units. You'll be responsible for negotiating commercial and legal terms, analyzing market trends, and ensuring supplier performance aligns with organizational goals. This is a high-impact role with visibility across departments and the opportunity to influence key procurement decisions.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for construction-related categories.
• Lead competitive bidding, contract negotiations, and supplier selection processes.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for supplier performance and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including legal, engineering, and operations teams.
• Monitor supplier compliance with contractual obligations and performance metrics.
• Lead cross-functional teams on strategic sourcing initiatives and special projects.
• Conduct spend analysis and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, regulatory, and governance requirements.
• Mentor and guide procurement and sourcing team members.

Qualifications : Required :

Preferred :

Deep understanding of construction services procurement.

Familiarity with utility or energy industry supply chains is a plus.

Experience with regulatory compliance (e.g., NERC, CIP).

Benefits Include :

Company Description

DSJ Global is a revolutionary search firm, specializing in the bespoke delivery of executive search solutions to clients.

Working across a number of niche industries and sectors across the US, UK, and Europe.

With offices in New York, Charlotte, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, London, Zurich, Berlin, Hong Kong and Singapore, DSJ Global operates on an international scale providing bespoke search packages which are unrivaled in the widespread recruitment market. Our aim is simple, to provide executive search level services which are flexible and tailored to the individual requirement of each client, on an unrivaled cost structure. We currently specialize in the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, OPEX, Finance and Human Resources.

We believe that every client should receive the benefit and accuracy of a search approach, whilst being able to dictate how, when and where it occurs, all on a fee structure to suit. Our revolutionary approach allows us to structure each assignment according to the requirements, time scales and budget available. We believe that for too long executive search firms have been too rigid in their approach and have been able to dictate how the search is conducted, leaving the client relatively powerless on the outcome.

Our service allows our clients to have increased control, direction and interaction in the search conducted on their behalf and has resulted in successful, on going relationships as search firm of choice with an ever expanding client group.

Company Description

DSJ Global is a revolutionary search firm, specializing in the bespoke delivery of executive search solutions to clients.\r\nWorking across a number of niche industries and sectors across the US, UK, and Europe.\r\nWith offices in New York, Charlotte, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, London, Zurich, Berlin, Hong Kong and Singapore, DSJ Global operates on an international scale providing bespoke search packages which are unrivaled in the widespread recruitment market. Our aim is simple, to provide executive search level services which are flexible and tailored to the individual requirement of each client, on an unrivaled cost structure. We currently specialize in the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, OPEX, Finance and Human Resources.\r\n\r\nWe believe that every client should receive the benefit and accuracy of a search approach, whilst being able to dictate how, when and where it occurs, all on a fee structure to suit. Our revolutionary approach allows us to structure each assignment according to the requirements, time scales and budget available. We believe that for too long executive search firms have been too rigid in their approach and have been able to dictate how the search is conducted, leaving the client relatively powerless on the outcome.\r\n\r\nOur service allows our clients to have increased control, direction and interaction in the search conducted on their behalf and has resulted in successful, on going relationships as search firm of choice with an ever expanding client group.