{"id":1716454,"url":"https://alion.io/job/hewlett-packard-software-category-manager","title":"Software Category Manager","company":{"id":2088298,"name":"HP","domain":"hewlett-packard.de","url":"https://alion.io/company/hewlett-packard-de","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Houston, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":84000,"max_usd":166000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":1763},"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-02T18:43:55Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-02","last_verified_at":"2026-10-04T00:22:01Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Software Category ManagerDescription -\nJob Summary\nThis role is responsible for leading a complex supply chain sub-category, developing and executing sourcing strategies aligned with the organization's strategic goals, and conducting in-depth data and industry analysis. The role collaborates with senior managers to understand business priorities and influence the industry and marketplace within moderately complex categories. The role involves leading supplier selection activities, negotiating contracts, and managing day-to-day operations of large, moderately complex suppliers. The role identifies challenging contract risk areas and advises senior leaders on risk mitigation.\nResponsibilities\nLeads a complex individual supply chain sub-category and assumes responsibility for the development and execution of sourcing strategies that contribute to the achievement of strategic vision and goals.\nConducts complex data and industry analysis, including costs analysis, competitive analysis, etc., and reports results to senior management to aid in data-driven decision making.\nLiaises with senior stakeholder to understand business priorities and translate them into supply chain strategies, and influences the industry and marketplace within moderately complex marketplace categories.\nCollaborates with cross-functional teams to analyze existing business processes and develop and utilize supply chain, business, and financial modeling tools.\nDrives supply base optimization by leading complex supplier selection activities and negotiating acceptable contracting outcomes using known solutions.\nHolds responsibility for day-to-day operations of large, moderately-complex suppliers, and partners with them in minor strategic development.\nCollaborates with senior management to ensure that the company's procurement policies are followed and that compliance metrics are met or exceeded.\nIdentifies challenging contract risk areas using cause and effect thinking, advises senior level business leaders on all contract risk areas, and provides inputs on risk mitigation, business continuity, cost management and operations strategies.\nAssesses current and evolving business models in the marketplace, and leverages the insights to engage with stakeholder managers and grasp business priorities and translate them into actionable procurement plans.\nEducation & Experience Recommended\nFour-year or Graduate Degree in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.\nTypically has 7-10 years of work experience, preferably in procurement, supply chain, or a related field.\nCross-Org Skills\nEffective Communication\nResults Orientation\nLearning Agility\nDigital Fluency\nCustomer Centricity\nImpact & Scope\nImpacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.\nComplexity\nWorks on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.\nPay & Benefits\nThe pay range for this role is $93,400 to $143,800 USD annually with additional\nopportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United\nStates of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related\nknowledge, skills, and experience.\nBenefits:\nHP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:\nHealth insurance\nDental insurance\nVision insurance\nLong term/short term disability insurance\nEmployee assistance program\nFlexible spending account\nLife insurance\nGenerous time off policies, including;\n4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure\n11 paid holidays\nAdditional flexible paid vacation and sick leave\nUS benefits overview https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/\nThe compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this\nposting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time,\nwith or without notice, subject to applicable law.\nDisclaimer\nThis job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.\nJob -\nSupply Chain & OperationsSchedule -\nFull timeShift -\nNo shift premium (United States of America)Travel -\nRelocation -\nNoEqual Opportunity Employer (EEO)-\nHP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).\nPlease be assured that you will not be subject to any adverse treatment if you choose to disclose the information requested. This information is provided voluntarily. The information obtained will be kept in strict confidence.\nFor more information, review HP’sEEO Policy or read about your rights as an applicant under the law here: “ Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal \"","description_format":"text","description_chars":5410,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Dental insurance","Equity","Health insurance","Life insurance","Parental leave","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-02T18:43:55Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:11","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-03T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/hewlett-packard-software-category-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/hewlett-packard-software-category-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-04T02:50:17Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4261,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":739,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-05T00:00:00Z"}}}