Category Sourcing Manager, Associate

Join Global Supplier Services to deliver high-quality contingent talent and actionable analytics that improve decisions and control risk. Partner across businesses to source, govern, and automate end-to-end processes while elevating client experience and data integrity. Your work will translate complex data into clear insights and materials for leadership.

As a Category Sourcing Manager (Associate) on the Contingent Workforce Procurement team, you will manage supplier relationships, demand and fulfillment, and controls for contingent labor across the firm. You also build and maintain clean, refreshable labor data models, surface QoQ and YoY trends, and coordinate automation in partnership with BI teams. Based in Columbus OH, Jersey City NJ, or Plano TX, you translate stakeholder needs into clear sourcing actions, data hygiene, and leadership-ready outputs in partnership with PMO lead.

Job Responsibilities

• Support global contingent workforce procurement operations through the full process lifecycle, optimizing Beeline usage.
• Build, clean, and combine labor data from multiple sources into a single, refreshable analysis model; implement validation and reconciliations.
• Analyze QoQ and YoY trends; identify mis-categorized data; execute defined metrics and produce leadership-ready insights and pages.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to translate needs into practical automation; partner with BI for dashboard teams to enhance and create dashboards.
• Create crisp workbooks and PowerPoint materials for leadership reviews.
• Manage communications, shared mailboxes, and Beeline dashboards to maintain visibility and service levels; model professionalism.
• Champion candidate authentication, validation, and resume quality; structure interviews per hiring policy and oversee onboarding steps
• Qualify job specifications for accuracy prior to supplier distribution and ensure compliance with preferred suppliers and agreements.
• Develop internal client relationships to understand role requirements, skills, and location strategies.

• 2+ years of heavy Excel-based reporting and analysis.
• Strong data QA discipline, documentation habits, and ability to detect and correct mis-categorized data.
• Proven ability to juggle multiple priorities while thinking strategically to produce actionable business insights.
• Familiarity with sourcing, vendor management, or contingent workforce systems; Beeline, Ariba.
• Organized and detail-oriented; delivers under tight deadlines with minimal oversight; strong oral and written communication.

• Advanced Excel and Power Query.
• Compass experience preferred.
• Experience with AI assistants and LLM-based tools to draft slides and accelerate analysis while maintaining data quality controls
• Experience in staffing and familiarity with financial services organization
• Knowledge of contingent workforce best practices in a centralized, proactively sourced model, including supply and demand management
• Experience with Power BI or Tableau; basic SQL; Python for light automation; Visio or similar visualization tools