Category Manager
Description - SAIC is hiring a Category Manager within Aerospace & Defense to lead strategic sourcing and category-management activities that improve supplier performance, manage risk, strengthen compliance, and deliver measurable value across the aerospace and defense supply chain. - This role partners with business, program, engineering, contracts, legal, and procurement stakeholders to develop category strategies, execute competitive sourcing events, negotiate agreements, and manage key supplier relationships. - The position is 100% remote from within the Unites States. - It will require up to 50% travel primarily to the corporate office in Reston, VA. Job Responsibilities: - Develop and execute category strategies aligned with business objectives, program requirements, market conditions, and long-range demand. - Conduct market intelligence, spend analysis, supplier assessments, and risk evaluations to identify sourcing opportunities and alternative sources of supply. - Partner with internal stakeholders to define business requirements, specifications, evaluation criteria, sourcing plans, and implementation schedules. - Lead RFI, RFQ, RFP, and other competitive sourcing processes from planning through supplier selection and award recommendation. - Negotiate pricing, terms, service levels, risk allocations, and performance commitments with suppliers and subcontractors. - Support contract development and administration in coordination with Contracts, Legal, Finance, Program Management, and other stakeholders. - Manage strategic supplier relationships, scorecards, business reviews, corrective actions, development plans, and continuous-improvement initiatives. - Monitor supplier capacity, quality, delivery, financial health, regulatory compliance, and supply-chain continuity risks. - Perform cost and price analysis, including should-cost modeling, benchmarking, savings validation, and price-reasonableness determinations. - Promote compliance with procurement policies, approved-supplier requirements, FAR/DFARS obligations, and applicable export-control requirements. - Track category performance, savings, supplier diversity, contract utilization, risk, and other key metrics; provide timely reports to leadership and stakeholders. - Travel to the Reston, Virginia corporate office and supplier or business locations as required, up to 50%.
Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelor’s and 15 years or more related experience; Masters and 13 or more years of experience. Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree. - Degrees in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related field preferred. - Eight or more years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, supply-chain, subcontract-management, or category-management experience. - At least five years of experience developing and executing category or sourcing strategies and leading complex supplier negotiations. - Experience supporting aerospace, defense, federal contracting, advanced manufacturing, or another highly regulated industry. - Working knowledge of FAR/DFARS requirements and government-contracting procurement practices. - Working knowledge of ITAR, EAR, and the handling of export-controlled procurement information. - Demonstrated skill in market analysis, spend analysis, cost and price analysis, supplier risk management, contract negotiations, and supplier performance management. - Strong project-management, stakeholder-management, facilitation, problem-solving, written communication, and presentation skills. - Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and experience using ERP, e-sourcing, contract-management, spend-analytics, or supplier-management systems. - Ability to work effectively in a remote environment, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate across functions and locations. - Ability and willingness to travel up to 50%, including regular travel to the corporate office in Reston, Virginia. - US citizenship. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or a related field. - CPSM, CPM, CSCP, CPCM, CFCM, or another relevant procurement, supply-chain, or contracting certification. - Experience with Deltek Costpoint or a comparable government-contracting ERP platform. - Experience with AS9100-based supplier quality systems, aerospace traceability requirements, and supplier qualification processes.