# CPS Sourcing Category Manager

At IBM Finance & Operations, we are the backbone of IBM’s transformation driving efficiency, transparency, and smart decision-making across the business. Our teams provide the insight and discipline that guide strategy, ensure financial strength, and enable IBM to invest in innovation and growth. Working in Finance & Operations means combining analytical skills with collaboration and curiosity. You’ll partner with colleagues across functions and geographies, using data, technology, and process excellence to create solutions that improve performance and deliver measurable impact. IBM offers continuous learning, career development, and a culture that values diverse perspectives. Join us and be part of a global team that keeps IBM moving forward, while building your own future in a dynamic and evolving environment. As a Procurement Sourcing Professional: Category Management & Knowledge Leader, you will provide strategic leadership, guidance, and subject matter expertise across global category management activities. You will combine deep category knowledge with the ability to design, implement, and continuously improve sourcing strategies that deliver measurable business value. You

- **Id**: 3829886
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ibm-cps-sourcing-category-manager>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Toronto, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T19:08:08Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T22:23:42Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-06T22:23:42Z
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4266
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: LLM & Generative AI, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Servers & Data Center Hardware, Quantum Computing Hardware

## Company

- **Id**: 86
- **Name**: IBM
- **Domain**: ibm.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ibm>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: IBM Careers

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 99
- **Open postings**: 73
- **Ghost share**: 0.014
- **Stale share**: 0.164
- **Repost share**: 0.068
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 15
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T19:08:08Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-06T22:23:42Z

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