Category Manager-1

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Supply Management, Level D

Job Title

Category Manager-1

Department

Strategic Procurement | Supply Management | Financial Operations | VP Finance and Operations

Compensation Range

$9,048.67 - $14,114.17 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

November 11, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Ongoing

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

As a Category Manager, you will be responsible for developing category strategies and the strategic procurement for your respective category. You will manage the strategic sourcing process, negotiate, draft, and manage contracts and supplier relationships, and work closely with internal stakeholders to meet procurement needs. You will also leverage your market knowledge to develop and deploy world-class practices to spend management while utilizing e-procurement tools to deliver value and cost reductions for the University. This position will identify and leverage technology solutions and business processes improvement opportunities to lead and optimize the university’s category management practice.

This role will be responsible for:
- Developing, implementing and optimizing the overall framework for strategic sourcing and category management which will enable an ongoing cycle approach to identify opportunities for improvement and value creation for the UBC Community.- Developing and Executing Category Strategy, Lead Strategic Sourcing for high risk and high value requirements from a category perspective, and manage the suppliers within the spend category.- Leading and supporting the UBC Community with sensitive and complex relationships with strategic vendors.- Providing advice and guidance to Faculty/Staff with complex needs relating to category management and strategic sourcing process.

All procurement activities shall be in accordance with the University's standard practices and all municipal, provincial and federal laws. The incumbent will comply with Supply Management's code of ethics.

ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS

Reporting to Associate Director - Procurement Strategy, the Category Manager works closely and liaises with Financial Operations management and establishes and maintains close working relationships with leadership, management, faculty and staff of all levels across the University.

WORK PERFORMED

The Category Manager works independently and proactively under the general direction of the Associate Director - Procurement Strategy, to provide detailed consultation, leadership, guidance and strategic advice on UBC’s spend categories. The main areas of responsibility and associated responsibilities are listed below.- Sets Strategic vision and goals and develops annual plans for the Category Management and Strategic Sourcing program (wave plan)- Develop market knowledge through identifying market leaders, understanding value chains, supply and demand drivers, monitoring supply trends and shifts in technology to identify areas of opportunity and risk. Proactively identify supply base issues to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and leverage emerging opportunities- Leads process improvement projects as identified in specific category plans and strategies, including the development of any documentation required to secure approvals or budget as appropriate- Assesses opportunities; develops category profiles and sourcing strategies for high dollar value, or complex suppliers; executes strategic sourcing and achieves cost saving/value add targets; leads in supplier negotiations including commercial contract terms; manages categories on an on-going basis through the category lifecycle- Facilitate cross functional strategic sourcing and supplier selection; work closely with external departments and faculties to align and ensure the selection meets the needs of the faculties/ departments- Engage in strategic supplier reviews and managing the relationship. Monitoring & analyzing supplier performance; delivering executive presentations with clear story including articulating findings, performance and recommendations for improvement where required- Manages teams working in all the major categ