{"id":3220474,"url":"https://alion.io/job/tsu-lead-category-manager-it","title":"Lead Category Manager – IT","company":{"id":1777573,"name":"TSU","domain":"tsu.edu","url":"https://alion.io/company/tsu-edu","size_band":"501-1000","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":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Houston, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":78000,"max_usd":180000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":1314},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Incident Management","optional":false},{"name":"Service Desk","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-22","last_verified_at":"2026-10-29T20:38:35Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":8,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":8},"description":"At Motiva, our employees’ energy, passion, and dedication to excellence are what make us who we are and what allows us to generate energy that makes a house a home, gets us from point A to point B, and enables our health and wellbeing. We invest in every aspect of our employees’ lives because, at Motiva, our people matter.\nHeadquartered in Houston, Texas, Motiva refines, distributes and markets petroleum products throughout the Americas. The company’s Port Arthur Manufacturing Complex in Port Arthur, TX, is comprised of North America’s largest refinery with a total throughput of 720,000 barrels per day, the largest base oil plant in the western hemisphere,and an integrated chemical plant. Under exclusive long-term brand licenses with Shell and Phillips 66 (for the 76® brand), Motiva’s commercial operations supply more than 12 billion gallons of fuel to customers annually. Motiva is wholly owned by Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies.\nPosition Overview:\nAs a key member of Motiva’s Supply Chain team, the Lead Category Manager - IT is responsible for the development and execution of category and sourcing strategies across assigned IT procurement categories. This position leads the development and execution of technology category strategies, leveraging commercial expertise, market intelligence, supplier management, and contract negotiations to optimize total value, mitigate risk, drive innovation, and support business objectives.\nThe Lead Category Manager partners closely with stakeholders across Information Technology, Cyber Security, Finance, Legal, and Supply Chain to translate business needs into actionable sourcing strategies and commercial outcomes.\nThis role supports Supply Chain as a strategic, value-adding business partner by helping drive value creation, strengthen supplier partnerships, mitigate risk, champion compliance, and deliver outcomes aligned with company policies, procedures, and ethical standards.\nResponsibilities:\nStrategic Category Leadership\nProvide strategic and tactical sourcing support across assigned operational areas and categories, ensuring that sourcing activity aligns with business priorities.\nServe as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, translating business requirements into sourcing strategies, commercial recommendations, and supplier solutions that support enterprise objectives.\nDevelop and lead the implementation of sourcing and category strategies that support business needs and align with approved category methodologies and overall business objectives.\nLead end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives from opportunity identification through contract execution, delivering measurable value through supplier selection, commercial optimization, and risk mitigation.\nConduct spend analysis, market analysis, supplier capability assessments, and benchmarking to identify opportunities to improve value delivery, service levels, and supply base optimization.\nDevelop negotiation strategies supported by market intelligence, supplier analysis, business requirements, commercial leverage, and total cost of ownership considerations.\nTrack category performance measures, sourcing metrics, and operational KPIs to evaluate effectiveness and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.\nMaintain awareness of suppler markets, industry trends, pricing models, commercial structures, and emerging risks impacting assigned categories.\nValue and Cost Optimization\nIdentify and execute value chain initiatives that drive cost competitiveness, service performance, and greater overall value across assigned categories\nPartner with stakeholders to evaluate demand drivers, challenge requirements (as appropriate), and identify opportunities for optimization (standardization, consolidation, scope refinement, .\nConduct economic analysis, cost modeling, and total cost of ownership analysis to support bid evaluations, sourcing decisions, and business case development.\nDevelop credible business cases and return on investment models supported by market data, commercial considerations, and relevant business and technical factors.\nProactively identify opportunities for cost savings, cost avoidance, risk reduction, and enhanced value delivery across the supply base.\nTrack and report value delivery, including savings, cost avoidance, risk reduction, supplier performance improvement, working capital impact, and service-level improvements.\nundefined\nSupplier Relationship Management\nBuild and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers to ensure reliability, quality, innovation, and cost effectiveness across the supply base.\nLead supplier performance management efforts, including KPI reviews, issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost outcomes.\nApply appropriate supplier performance management strategies for strategic, critical, and high risk suppliers per Motiva Supply Chain policy.\nNegotiate and re-negotiate commercial and contractual terms, working with Legal and Risk Management as needed to secure acceptable terms and minimize risk.\nServe as a primary change agent within the supply base, driving supplier collaboration and strategic partnerships that improve operational and commercial performance \nContract Lifecyle, Risk Management and Compliance\nProactively manage and support the commercial lifecycle of assigned agreements, including the renewal, amendments, statements of work, change orders, extensions, expirations, true-ups, and termination planning.\nAssesses supply market and supply chain risks, develops mitigation strategies, and supports contingency planning to protect business continuity.\nEnsures sourcing strategies, supplier decisions, and procurement activities comply with company policies, governance standards, regulations, and ethical business practices.\nPrepare sourcing recommendations, award justifications, business cases, and governance materials required for stakeholders, and leadership approvals.\nManages escalations, aligns stakeholders through strategy approval processes, and resolves complex commercial issues efficiently.\nMaintain strong documentation, transparency, and commercial discipline throughout sourcing and contracting process. \nStakeholder Partnership and Leadership\nCollaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements, shape sourcing strategies, and ensure strategic and tactical alignment across business functions.\nPromotes Supply Chain as a positive, strategic, and value-adding partner to the business by proactively engaging stakeholders and communicating sourcing priorities, plans, and results\nInfluence stakeholders without direct authority by building credibility through fact-based analysis, commercial insight, and clear recommendations.\nSupport continuous improvement efforts that support procurement discipline, supplier relationship management, procurement governance, and commercial outcomes.\nExperience and Qualifications:\nRequired Education and Experience:\nBachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business, Engineering, Management Information Systems, Finance, Computer Science or a related technical or commercial field.\n8+ years of progressively responsible experience in either:Strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, supplier management, contract management, or related commercial disciplines including at least 4 years supporting technology initiatives, IT/OT procurement, cybersecurity, digital transformation, infrastructure, telecommunications, managed services, or enterprise technology categories; or\nInformation technology, technology operations, infrastructure, cybersecurity, telecommunications, enterprise applications, digital transformation, or related technical disciplines, including experience supporting supplier management, commercial evaluations, sourcing decisions, contract negotiations, or technology vendor governance.\n\nDemonstrated ability to partner with IT, procurement, legal, finance, cybersecurity, and business stakeholders to support supplier, technology, sourcing, contracting, renewals, or commercial decisions.\nExperience supporting, managing, sourcing, contracting, implementing, or operating IT-related products or services, including software, SaaS, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, managed services, or professional services.\nExperience with supplier management, vendor negotiations, technology evaluations, service levels, statements of work, order forms, contract renewals, budgeting, or total cost of ownership analysis.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities, support complex initiatives, and operate effectively in a cross-functional business environment.\nStrong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams.\n Preferred Education and Experience:\nMaster’s degree or equivalent advanced education in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.\nExperience across both technology procurement/commercial disciplines and technical IT environments, including strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, contract negotiation, vendor governance, IT/OT, cybersecurity, infrastructure, telecommunications, enterprise applications, managed services, or digital transformation initiatives.\nExperience in the oil and gas industry and familiarity with supply chain risk, supplier qualification, and governance practices.\nExperience supporting refining, chemicals, manufacturing, or other industrial operations.\nExperience supporting indirect procurement categories such as IT, professional services, corporate services, contractor services, operational support services, or other enterprise services.\nWorking knowledge of core IT concepts, including software licensing, SaaS, cloud services, infrastructure, cybersecurity, networking, telecom, data management, enterprise applications, and managed services.\nFamiliarity with core IT functions such as infrastructure, enterprise applications, cybersecurity, networking, telecom, cloud services, data management, service desk, end-user computing, IT operations, and project delivery.\nFamiliarity with common technology delivery models, including on-premise, hosted, cloud, hybrid cloud, subscription-based, consumption-based, support, maintenance, implementation, and managed service models.\nFamiliarity with IT operational concepts such as incident management, change management, disaster recovery, business continuity, identity and access management, endpoint management, and IT service management.\nAbility to understand technical requirements, translate them into commercial and sourcing considerations, and partner effectively with IT, cybersecurity, legal, finance, operations, and supplier stakeholders.\nDemonstrated understanding of software licensing models including perpetual, subscription, SaaS, user-based, consumption-based, and enterprise agreements.\nExperience negotiating software maintenance, support, cloud consumption, and subscription-based agreements.\nProvides informal leadership, coaching, and knowledge sharing across sourcing teams and stakeholders.\nStrong knowledge of SCM, ERP, MRP, sourcing, contract management, and procurement tools such as SAP, Ariba, or similar platforms.\nExperience leading complex sourcing initiatives across broad operational or category areas.\nProven expertise in supplier relationship management, contract negotiation, spend analysis, market analysis, and commercial decision-making.\nWe reserve the right to amend or withdraw Motiva jobs at any time, including prior to the closing date. Depending on qualifications, the successful candidate may be offered a position at a more appropriate level and/or grade.\nApplicants for regular U.S. positions must be authorized to work in the United States for Motiva Enterprises LLC without the need for sponsorship of an immi...","description_format":"text","description_chars":12455,"description_truncated":true,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Education","Government","Higher Education","Information Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-25T02:57:10Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":80,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.844,"p_room":0.945,"age_days":7,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:8","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/tsu-lead-category-manager-it","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/tsu-lead-category-manager-it.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-30T01:25:06Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1884,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-31T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1777573},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1777573"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ftsu-lead-category-manager-it"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ftsu-lead-category-manager-it"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ftsu-lead-category-manager-it"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/tsu-lead-category-manager-it\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftsu-lead-category-manager-it"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3220474}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"tsu.edu","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3220474},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}