Job Description
Job Title: Category Management Analyst
Location: Foster City, CA - Hybrid
Contract 12 Months
Pay Range: $45.00 $50.86 USD hourly on W2
Role Summary
The Category Management Analyst supports the development and execution of category strategies across a portfolio of Research & Product Development Procurement categories, including research services, biologics, chemicals, reagents, lab supplies, and lab equipment.
This role partners closely with Category Managers to analyze spend, generate market intelligence, support sourcing initiatives, and operationalize procurement strategies to deliver value across cost, quality, service, and innovation.
This is a high-impact, high-visibility role supporting a large and complex spend portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
Category Strategy Support
Spend & Data Management
Sourcing & Execution
Supplier Management Support
Stakeholder Engagement
Operational Excellence
Qualifications
Required
Preferred
Success Profile (What Good Looks Like in 12 Months)
Location: Foster City, CA - Hybrid
Contract 12 Months
Pay Range: $45.00 $50.86 USD hourly on W2
Role Summary
The Category Management Analyst supports the development and execution of category strategies across a portfolio of Research & Product Development Procurement categories, including research services, biologics, chemicals, reagents, lab supplies, and lab equipment.
This role partners closely with Category Managers to analyze spend, generate market intelligence, support sourcing initiatives, and operationalize procurement strategies to deliver value across cost, quality, service, and innovation.
This is a high-impact, high-visibility role supporting a large and complex spend portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
Category Strategy Support
- Compile and analyze quantitative and qualitative data to support category strategies
- Develop category profiles, including supply market insights, supplier segmentation, and demand patterns
- Identify cost optimization, standardization, and supplier consolidation opportunities
Spend & Data Management
- Manage and analyze spend data across multiple categories to identify trends and opportunities
- Ensure accurate spend classification and data integrity to enable portfolio-level decision making
- Build forecasts and track savings, value delivery, and pipeline initiatives
Sourcing & Execution
- Support execution of sourcing events (RFPs, RFIs, negotiations) in partnership with Category Managers
- Develop recommendation materials and business cases
- Track sourcing pipeline and ensure execution against timelines
Supplier Management Support
- Support supplier segmentation and performance tracking
- Assist in supplier rationalization and relationship management activities
- Maintain supplier data, contracts, and performance metrics
Stakeholder Engagement
- Partner with Category Managers and business stakeholders to support demand management and execution
- Participate in cross-functional initiatives with scientists, lab operations, and finance teams
- Help ensure a consistent, high-quality procurement experience
Operational Excellence
- Drive adoption of procurement processes, tools, and best practices
- Support catalog enablement, SOP development, and process standardization
- Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Life Sciences, or related field
- 3 6 years of experience in procurement, sourcing, analytics, or supply chain
- Strong analytical and data management skills (Excel, Power BI, etc.)
- Experience working with large datasets and generating insights
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Preferred
- Experience in life sciences / biotech / pharma procurement
- Familiarity with:
- CRO / research services sourcing
- Lab consumables or equipment
- Supplier management practices
- Experience supporting category strategies or sourcing programs
Success Profile (What Good Looks Like in 12 Months)
- Clean, reliable, and actionable spend data across all assigned categories
- Strong partnership with Category Managers (viewed as a go-to operator)
- Consistent pipeline of sourcing and value initiatives
- Improved visibility into supplier performance and opportunities
- Tangible support in delivering cost savings and value beyond savings
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Foster City, CA |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 2,000 to 2,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2000 |
| Website | http://www.lancesoft.com/ |
About Company
We are a $125 Million, NMSDC-certified Minority & Woman owned Workforce Solutions Company headquartered in the DC metro area with presence across US with global presence - Canada, Mexico, India, UK, Malaysia, Indonasia, Hongkong, Singapore, UAE. We are specialized in providing Workforce Solutions, SOW project delivery, Engineering Solutions, Creative Services. We currently support 100+ Fortune companies globally and across multiple industry segments. We are currently supporting several massive programs across industry segment nationally/globally (Intel, Ally, AMD, QUALCOMM, Morgan Stanley, Kraft/ Mondelez, MNP, Amdocs, Dell, SanDisk, Medtronic, Becton Dickinson, GE, Lockheed Martin, UTC, L-3 Communications, Caterpillar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, National Grid, Dominion, Energy Future Holdings, PSEG, 3M, Fidelity, Aetna, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck etc).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Biologyunmatched
- Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
- Business Caseunmatched
- Candidate Sourcingunmatched
- Category Developmentunmatched
- Category Managementunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Competitive Analysis/Strategyunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Contract Research Organization (CRO)unmatched
- Cost Controlunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Data Managementunmatched
- Data Qualityunmatched
- Data Setsunmatched
- Expense Analysisunmatched
- Expense Managementunmatched
- Expense Trackingunmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Laboratory Equipmentunmatched
- Laboratory Operationsunmatched
- Negotiation Skillsunmatched
- Operational Strategyunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Performance Metricsunmatched
- Power BIunmatched
- Procurement Strategyunmatched
- Product Developmentunmatched
- Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
- Qualitative Analysisunmatched
- Quantitative Analysisunmatched
- Request for Proposals (RFP)unmatched
- Sourcing Strategyunmatched
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
- Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)unmatched
- Supply Chainunmatched
- Trend Analysisunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Evaluationunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Managementunmatched
- Vendor/Supplier Relationsunmatched
- eSourcingunmatched
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