# Sr. Manager IT Category

A Day in Your Life at MKS: As an Sr Manager IT Category in the Global Supply Chain organization, you will partner with IT to lead the development and execution of category strategies, including market analysis, supplier segmentation, sourcing plans, and long term value creation initiatives. In this role, you will report to the Sr Director, Indirect Supply Chain. You Will Make an Impact By: Oversee category performance by managing supplier relationships, negotiating key contracts, and driving cost optimization, quality improvement, and risk mitigation efforts. Partner with cross functional teams-such as procurement, operations, finance, and product teams-to align category strategies with organizational goals and operational needs. Monitor industry trends, market conditions, and innovation opportunities to inform category roadmaps and support strategic decision making. Required Skills: Bachelor’s Degree equivalent experience. Master’s degree preferred. 10+ years of related experience Advanced expertise in category management and strategic sourcing, including market analysis, supplier segmentation, and total cost of ownership methodologies. Strong negotiation and supplier relationship

- **Id**: 3995200
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mks-sr-manager-it-category>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T01:00:08Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4814
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance, Insurance coverage, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Lasers & Laser Systems, Chemical Manufacturing, Semiconductor Equipment

## Company

- **Id**: 1042866
- **Name**: MKS
- **Domain**: mks.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mks-6>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 23
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.783
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 35
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 135000
- **Max**: 225000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 225000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T01:00:08Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 4; Filings 12m: 4

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 35
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T02:02:25Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 225000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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