What are the responsibilities and job description for the Category Manager - Purchased Services position at Option 1 Staffing Services, Inc.?
Category Manager
Direct Hire
Palo Alto, CA - Hybrid - 2x Days onsite
$145,000 - $160,000
Option 1 Staffing is excited to partner with one of the nation’s Top 10 Hospitals to recruit a high-performing Category Manager ready to make a real impact!
In this influential role, you’ll own and drive category strategy, expand contract coverage, and champion enterprise-wide compliance. You’ll oversee a broad and engaging portfolio—including medical supplies, non-medical supplies, and critical purchasing services—while delivering best-in-class value and optimizing Total Cost of Ownership. This is a rare opportunity to shape major supply chain decisions, collaborate with top-tier leaders, and elevate performance at a nationally recognized, world-class healthcare organization.
If you’re looking for a role where your expertise truly matters—and your decisions drive meaningful results—this is it.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary daily liaison for the Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and key supplier partners, ensuring consistent communication and issue resolution
- Evaluate financial, contractual, and operational data to identify opportunities for standardization and improvement, and maintain documentation to support Category Management activities across all initiative stages
- Partner with operational leaders to negotiate product, category, and service agreements that drive optimal pricing and contract terms
- Track and assess contract utilization, supply chain system performance, purchasing patterns, and value-based outcomes to ensure targets are met
- Promote organizational policy compliance by educating hospital departments and coordinating efforts with Finance, Compliance, Legal, and Risk Management teams
- Provide strategic recommendations to sourcing leadership and help develop or implement process enhancements to strengthen overall supply chain performance
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in purchased services strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management
If this role piques your interest, apply now and we’ll dive into the details with you.
Option 1 Staffing is an award-winning, statewide, recognized leader in staffing and recruiting, specializing in placing the highest caliber of Non-Clinical Healthcare, Information Technology, Supply Chain, Administrative/Office, and Accounting/Finance professionals in contract and direct-hire opportunities. We work with top and emerging companies in the Technology and Healthcare industry.
We Offer:
- Excellent opportunity to work for an outstanding, large, and growing company!
- Awesome Benefits!
- Excellent salary!
- Medical Insurance
- 401K
“Best of Staffing Award”
Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the U.S. that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Award winners make up less than 2% of all staffing agencies in North America.
“Top Performer Award”
Top Performer Award by Workforce Logiq highlights high-performing staffing companies who are chosen based on a variety of criteria critical to our client’s satisfaction, including customers serviced, cycle time, submittals per requisition, percentage of submittals hired, program compliance, fill ratio, and more.
Member American Staffing Association Since 1991.
Salary : $145,000 - $160,000