Senior Category Manager II, Construction Trades (Strategic Sourcing)
About The Position
Lead and implement category strategies, supplier governance, and strategic sourcing initiatives for construction trade labor. Analyze labor market trends, supplier performance, and workforce development opportunities to advise sourcing decisions. Negotiate contract renewals, labor agreements, pricing, and labor‑program requirements with trade partners and prime builders. Drive workforce development programs by partnering with unions, schools, community organizations, and regional workforce partners. Provide labor‑rate benchmarking, should‑cost modeling, and cost‑trend analysis for category decision‑making. Build and maintain positive relationships with general contractors, subcontractors, unions, merit-based organizations, and community partners. Ensure execution of labor program requirements, including Project Labor Agreements, site‑conditions programs, labor stability initiatives, and compliance expectations. This role will use AI to streamline manual program management tasks, surface trends in labor performance data faster, and improve the speed and quality of sourcing and workforce‑related decisions.
Requirements
- 5-8 years of experience in procurement, category management, construction sourcing, or trade‑labor program management.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Construction Management, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience in category management and strategic sourcing within construction, capital projects, or large‑scale industrial environments.
- Experience coordinating construction labor programs (e.g., workforce development, labor agreements, union engagement, compliance).
- Advanced negotiation and analytical capabilities with demonstrated cost‑management experience.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and be a great partner with prime builders, subcontractors, unions, and community partners.
Nice To Haves
- Experience handling labor programs in mega fab, semiconductor, or other sophisticated industrial construction environments.
- Demonstrated success collaborating with regional and local unions on workforce development and labor‑agreement execution.
- Experience leading supplier performance governance, scorecarding, and strategic improvement plans.
- Familiarity with labor‑market intelligence, wage‑rate benchmarking, and construction‑trade workforce analytics.
- Proven ability to partner with government agencies, community organizations, and industry groups to strengthen trade‑labor ecosystems.
- Experience driving multi‑site sourcing strategies and labor‑program scalability.
Responsibilities
- Lead and implement category strategies
- Implement supplier governance
- Implement strategic sourcing initiatives for construction trade labor
- Analyze labor market trends
- Analyze supplier performance
- Analyze workforce development opportunities to advise sourcing decisions
- Negotiate contract renewals
- Negotiate labor agreements
- Negotiate pricing
- Negotiate labor‑program requirements with trade partners and prime builders
- Drive workforce development programs by partnering with unions, schools, community organizations, and regional workforce partners
- Provide labor‑rate benchmarking
- Provide should‑cost modeling
- Provide cost‑trend analysis for category decision‑making
- Build and maintain positive relationships with general contractors, subcontractors, unions, merit-based organizations, and community partners
- Ensure execution of labor program requirements, including Project Labor Agreements, site‑conditions programs, labor stability initiatives, and compliance expectations
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
