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Job Overview
At Relativity, we build innovative and comprehensive tools for making sense of unstructured data. Our people are our best asset, and they play an important role in our mission to organize data, discover the truth, and act on it.The Category Manager, Technology joins the Procurement Team to support strategic sourcing, supplier management, and procurement activities across categories, including software and services. This role partners with stakeholders to execute sourcing initiatives, negotiate favorable commercial terms, support supplier relationships, and drive consistent procurement practices.
The Category Manager works independently on moderate to complex engagements while collaborating with senior procurement leaders on larger strategic initiatives. This role reports to the Head of Procurement.
Job Description and Requirements
Job Responsibilities
Manage end-to-end sourcing projects across technology spend categories, including software, SaaS services, and related suppliers.
Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and support procurement strategies aligned to business objectives.
Conduct RFx processes, supplier evaluations, commercial negotiations, and contract renewals.
Analyze spend, supplier performance, and market data to identify opportunities for cost savings, value creation, and risk mitigation.
Build and maintain productive supplier relationships and support supplier governance activities.
Provide procurement guidance and education to stakeholders regarding policies, processes, and commercial best practices.
Collaborate with Legal, Security, Finance, and other functions to support contract review and third-party risk management activities.
Escalate complex commercial, supplier, or stakeholder issues to senior procurement leadership as appropriate.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, procurement reporting, and category planning activities.
Minimum Qualifications
3 to 5 years of procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, or related experience.
Experience supporting sourcing projects and contract negotiations.
Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience working with technology vendors and procurement processes.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience sourcing software or professional services.
Experience supporting competitive RFx events.
Familiarity with supplier performance management and contract lifecycle processes.
Experience working with procurement systems such as Workday, Coupa, Zip, Ironclad, or similar platforms.
Knowledge of procurement best practices, commercial contracting, and supplier risk management.
Relativity is committed to competitive, fair, and equitable compensation practices.
This position is eligible for total compensation which includes a competitive base salary, an annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives.
The expected salary range for this role is between following values:
$79,000 and $119,000The final offered salary will be based on several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's depth of experience, skill set, qualifications, and internal pay equity. Hiring at the top end of the range would not be typical, to allow for future meaningful salary growth in this position.
Required Skills:
Category Management, Contract Management, Logistics, Negotiation, Procurement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Supply Chain, Vendor ManagementSkills Required
- 3 to 5 years of procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management, or related experience
- Experience supporting sourcing projects and contract negotiations
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working with technology vendors and procurement processes
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience sourcing software or professional services
- Experience supporting competitive RFx events
- Familiarity with supplier performance management and contract lifecycle processes
- Experience working with procurement systems such as Workday, Coupa, Zip, Ironclad, or similar platforms
- Knowledge of procurement best practices, commercial contracting, and supplier risk management
Relativity Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Relativity and has not been reviewed or approved by Relativity.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options include discretionary time off and two company‑wide breaks each year, providing additional recharge time.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, telehealth access, and wellness resources such as a Headspace subscription.
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Parental & Family Support — North America offers up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, with comparable regional programs in EMEA and APAC.
Relativity Insights
What We Do
At Relativity, we build innovative and comprehensive tools for making sense of unstructured data. When more people can find the facts in mountains of documents, emails, and texts, more legal and data-centric matters can be resolved equitably. Join us in our mission to help our customers organize data, discover the truth, and act on it. Relativity makes software to help users organize data, discover the truth and act on it. Its SaaS product, RelativityOne, manages large volumes of data and quickly identifies key issues during litigation and internal investigations. Relativity has more than 300,000 users in approximately 40 countries serving thousands of organizations globally primarily in legal, financial services and government sectors, including the U.S. Department of Justice and 198 of the Am Law 200. Relativity does not tolerate racism or discrimination of any kind. We do not accept unfair treatment of any person or group of people. We’re committed to advocating for change to make our world a more inclusive, just place.
Why Work With Us
We believe in our team members and we want to help you own your career as part of a community of values-driven people who help customers around the world solve complex data challenges. At Relativity, you’ll take on challenging work, but you’ll also partner with talented colleagues and pursue plenty of learning and development opportunities.
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