We are seeking an IT Category Manager for assignment in Greenville, South Carolina. The selected candidate will act as a strategic relationship manager, driving supplier engagement and leading contract renewal initiatives, ensuring not just smooth procurement processes but also strong ongoing vendor relationships and continuous alignment with business needs.

Hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

** This position has a pay rate of $50 - $57.50/hr **

** This position can work a Hybrid schedule in Greenville **

- Lead supplier selection across multiple workstreams, collaborating with diverse stakeholder groups

- Lead negotiations with current and prospective suppliers and leverage deep software licensing knowledge to support collaboration, share insights, identify opportunities and strengthen partnerships

- Lead end‑to‑end procurement activities for complex high‑value IT initiatives, including: RFx development, bid evaluation, supplier selection and award recommendations

- Oversee negotiations for large‑scale engineering tools, technical platforms and infrastructure technologies, optimizing commercial terms and mitigating risk

- Partner with technical teams to translate business and engineering requirements into sourcing strategies that support long‑term technology roadmaps

- Act as a strategic relationship manager for key technology suppliers; driving performance, innovation and continuous improvement

- Conduct spend analysis, category assessments and cost‑optimization initiatives to identify savings opportunities and improve procurement efficiency

- 5+ years of IT Procurement and Contracts experience

- Extensive expertise in enterprise software agreements

- Experience with RFx development, contract drafting, negotiations and administration of purchase orders, contracts and subcontracts

- Experience negotiating and managing large-scale software and hardware agreements, particularly engineering tools and technical platforms

- Strong stakeholder management and leadership communication skills, with experience building consensus and securing enterprise alignment

- Analytical and data‑driven decision‑making skills, including spend analysis, market intelligence and cost-optimization strategies

- Experience with global licensing models (subscriptions, token-based, multi-site, enterprise and cloud) is highly preferred