✦ Luna Orbit — Operations & Logistics

Lead Category Manager - Software

at Lumen

📍 Remote, US Remote 💰 $129K – $190K USD / year Posted March 28, 2026
Salary $129K – $190K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Operations & Logistics

This role involves overseeing procurement strategies for complex software categories, managing supplier relationships, and leading market analysis to optimize vendor performance and cost savings.

  • Conduct category analysis and market monitoring
  • Develop procurement strategies
  • Manage supplier relationships
  • Negotiate contracts
  • Lead RFX events

Focuses on procurement, category management, supplier negotiations, market trend analysis, and supply chain oversight.

The ideal candidate is a procurement professional with experience in software or IT procurement, skilled in category analysis, supplier management, and contract negotiations, with a strategic mindset and stakeholder management abilities.

Procurement strategiesSupplier relationship managementContract negotiationMarket trend analysis
RFX strategySupply chain managementDiversity and sustainability promotion
Category analysismarket trend analysisspend data analysisprocurement strategiessupplier relationship managementcontract negotiationRFX strategysupply chain managementdiversity and sustainability promotion
Category analysisMarket trend analysisSpend data analysisProcurement strategiesSupplier relationship managementContract negotiationRFX strategySupply chain managementDiversity and sustainability promotion
Strategic thinkingNegotiation skillsMarket awarenessStakeholder managementAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsLeadershipProblem-solving
Industry Telecom / Networking / IT Procurement
Job Function Procurement and category management for software sourcing
Role Subtype Supply Chain & Procurement
category analysismarket trend analysisspend data analysisprocurement strategiessupplier relationship managementcontract negotiationRFX strategysupply chain managementdiversity and sustainabilitystakeholder managementmarket conditionssupply/demandshould-cost modelingcost savingsvendor managementsupply chainRFXdiversity

Lack of procurement or category management experience, No experience with supplier negotiations, No familiarity with market analysis, No stakeholder management skills

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