Procurement Category Manager

Procurement Category ManagerThis role has been designed as ''Onsite' with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

At Hewlett Packard Enterprise, we advance the way people live and work. We help customers accelerate their digital transformation through intelligent solutions that span edge to cloud. Our culture is grounded in innovation, inclusion, agility, and partnership.

Within HPE Global Procurement, we work closely with business and delivery teams to ensure we have the right partners, cost structures, and service capabilities to support our customers' needs.

We are now hiring a Category Manager – IT Infrastructure Services (Resale Category) to help strengthen and optimize our partner ecosystem supporting HPE's customer-facing services portfolio.

About the Role

In this senior category management role, you will lead the sourcing strategy and supplier management for externally delivered IT infrastructure services that HPE resells as part of customer solutions.

These services typically include:

• Data centre & infrastructure deployment services
• Hardware break/fix and maintenance services
• Field engineering & onsite support
• Installation, configuration, and integration services
• Hardware lifecycle support services
• Infrastructure staging, preparation, and operational support

Your role is to ensure HPE can rely on a strong supplier network that consistently delivers high-quality, scalable, cost-competitive, and customer-aligned services.

Key Responsibilities

Category Strategy

• Develop and execute a global category strategy for resale infrastructure services, aligned with HPE's Services and Sales organizations.
• Maintain a clear understanding of market capabilities, service delivery models, pricing trends, and competitive landscape.
• Identify opportunities for category optimization, partner consolidation, and service innovation.

Sourcing & Contracting

• Lead sourcing events (RFPs/RFIs), complex negotiations, contract renewals, and commercial reviews.
• Ensure supplier terms, pricing structures, and SLAs meet HPE's requirements for customer delivery and operational excellence.
• Drive continuous improvement and efficiency across contracts and commercial models.

Supplier Management

• Manage key supplier relationships, performance reviews, and issue escalations.
• Work with suppliers to improve delivery capability in priority geographies and service areas.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Collaborate closely with Sales, Pre-Sales, Services Delivery, Finance, and Product organizations.
• Provide commercial support and supplier insights for customer bids, opportunities, and new service offerings.
• Develop cost models, benchmarks, and supplier-backed pricing to support competitive proposals.

Financial & Governance Responsibilities

• Own category financial planning, cost forecasts, and savings initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with HPE procurement policies, sustainability goals, and risk controls.
• Maintain accurate supplier data, contracts, and category documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or IT Management.
• 5 - 7 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or category management, preferably in IT services, field services, or infrastructure support.
• Experience with resale or partner-provided services or subcontracted service delivery models.
• Strong negotiation skills with complex service contracts.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement in global matrix organizations.
• Ability to interpret technical requirements and translate them into sourcing strategies.

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of data center environments, field engineering operations, and infrastructure support models.
• Knowledge of SLAs, KPIs, service performance management, and commercial frameworks.
• Familiarity with procurement systems such as SAP Ariba or Coupa.
• Strong alignment with HPE values: Partner, Innovate, Act.

What You'll Find at HPE

• A culture focused on innovation, flexibility, and continuous learning.
• Opportunities to influence global service capability and support major customer opportunities.
• Competitive compensation, performance bonuses, and comprehensive benefits.
• An inclusive environment where your ideas are valued and your growth is supported.

Additional Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Coaching, Commercial Acumen, Complex Project Management, Contract Management, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Customer Experience Strategy, Data Science, Design Thinking, Empathy, Engineering Product Development, Financial Acumen, Follow-Through, Global Sourcing, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity, Manufacturing Supply Chain, Negotiation {+ 4 more}

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Supply Chain & Operations

Job Level:

Master

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