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Senior Category Manager – Temporary Labor, Talent Acquisition Service
Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Lead category management for Temporary Labor and Talent Acquisition Services, including MSPs, staffing suppliers, RPO, contingent search, executive search, and related workforce solutions .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in strategic sourcing and category management for Temporary Labor and Talent Acquisition Services, with a strong focus on supplier relationship management, negotiation, and cost-saving strategies. Proven ability to influence stakeholders and manage complex projects across multiple functions and geographies.
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Strategic SourcingSupplier Relationship ManagementNegotiation SkillsMarket Research and BenchmarkingProject Management
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Hard Skills
Category ManagementContingent LaborMSP ProgrammesRPO SolutionsSourcing StrategiesCost Savings IdentificationSupplier EvaluationContract ExecutionGovernance ProcessesPerformance Management
Soft Skills
Stakeholder InfluenceCommunication SkillsPresentation SkillsRelationship BuildingAnalytical Skills
Tools & Technologies
ERP SystemsE-Sourcing ToolsBusiness Intelligence ToolsReporting ToolsVMS
Certifications & Qualifications
CCWP Certification
Industry Keywords
Talent Acquisition ServicesWorkforce SolutionsContingent SearchExecutive SearchConsulting-Services ProcurementExtended Workforce EcosystemFMSRegulated EnvironmentSOW ManagementRecruitment Services
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesERP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead category management for Temporary Labor and Talent Acquisition Services, including MSPs, staffing suppliers, RPO, contingent search, executive search, and related workforce solutions
- Develop and execute category and sourcing strategies aligned with business and HR/Talent Acquisition priorities
- Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives, including requirements definition, RFx development, supplier evaluation, competitive bid analysis, stakeholder alignment, negotiation planning, and contract execution
- Conduct market research, benchmarking, pricing analysis, and supplier assessments
- Identify and deliver cost savings, commercial value, and continuous-improvement opportunities
- Manage strategic supplier relationships, performance management, governance meetings, Executive Business Reviews, and supplier-improvement plans
- Lead negotiations for SOWs, MSAs, amendments, renewals, pricing, service levels, and other commercial terms
- Partner with Business Owners and risk subject-matter experts to identify, assess, and mitigate sourcing risks
- Influence stakeholders and support adoption of workforce strategies, operating models, tools, and process improvements, including VMS and hiring-manager journey enhancements
- Support selected consulting-services and SOW sourcing projects as needed
- Collaborate with HR, Talent Acquisition, business stakeholders, Legal, Finance, Procurement Operations, and suppliers
- Help Vertex access flexible workforce capacity and external talent-acquisition expertise to deliver business priorities
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree required
- 7–10 years of strategic sourcing, procurement, or category-management experience
- Experience with complex sourcing events, negotiations, and supplier management
- Experience in contingent labor, staffing suppliers, MSP programmes, recruitment services, contingent search, executive search, RPO solutions, or related workforce solutions
- Knowledge across multiple geographies, particularly US and UK markets
- Ability to manage senior stakeholders, influence decisions, navigate difficult conversations, and build trusted relationships
- Strong commercial, analytical, project-management, communication, and presentation skills
- Experience developing sourcing strategies, conducting market research and benchmarking, and identifying cost savings and broader value opportunities
- Strong supplier relationship and performance-management capability, including governance and business-review processes
- Experience working in a regulated environment
- Solid knowledge of ERP, e-sourcing, business-intelligence, and reporting tools
- Ability to manage multiple complex projects independently while collaborating with Legal, Finance, Compliance, Procurement Operations, HR, Talent Acquisition, and business stakeholders
- Can-do, AI-ready mindset
- Consulting-services procurement and SOW experience desirable
- Broader HR-services or recruitment-procurement experience desirable
- Experience across the extended-workforce ecosystem, including FMS and related workforce models desirable
- CCWP or contingent-workforce programme-management certification desirable
- No C2C or third-party vendors
Benefits
Comp & perks- Eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal and state requirements
- Compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits, and other employment terms to be presented by the third-party agency partner upon offer
- W2 position