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Global Category Manager - IT Infrastructure and Cloud Solutions

July 4, 2026

Title: Global Category Manager - IT Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions

Location: Remote, USA

Job Description:

time type

Full time

job requisition id

R0258720

Position Location Details: You will be able to work remotely, from your home, located in the United States

Purpose and Scope

The Global Category Manager is responsible for developing and executing global procurement strategies with third-party suppliers in support of Fresenius Medical Care’s One Procurement strategy. This senior leadership role drives end-to-end category management, strategic sourcing, high-stakes supplier negotiations, complex contracting, and ongoing supplier lifecycle management for the IT Infrastructure portfolio. This includes hardware lifecycle management, global telecommunications, data centers, and cloud infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS). The role coordinates closely with Procurement Partners, Enterprise Architects, and senior IT leadership to elevate procurement from a transactional function to a strategic enabler, integrating early into budgetary and architectural planning.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities and Strategic Leadership

The Global Category Manager is accountable for the end-to-end strategic lifecycle of all assigned IT Infrastructure, Telecom, and Cloud spend categories globally, driving optimization, resilience, and value creation.

Category Strategy & Execution

Global Infrastructure Portfolio Strategy: Develop and execute multi-year global category and sub-category strategies covering Global Networks, Telecommunications, Data Center Infrastructure, Compute & Storage Hardware, and Cloud Hyperscalers.
Cloud & Hybrid Sourcing Strategy: Serve as the global procurement subject matter expert for cloud infrastructure. Partner with IT to manage and optimize commercial relationships with major cloud hyperscalers (AWS, Azure) and hybrid hosting models, driving efficiency in utility-based pricing structures.
Market & Tech Intelligence: Maintain expert, forward-looking knowledge of global hardware supply chain dynamics, telecom carrier capabilities, digital infrastructure innovations, and changing technology monetization trends.
Demand Aggregation & Standardization: Collaborate closely with Infrastructure Engineering, Network Operations, and Business Partners to harmonize cross-functional requirements, aggregate global hardware demand, and standardize hardware and telecom specifications across all operating regions.
Comprehensive Risk Mitigation: Develop and deploy robust supply risk mitigation strategies addressing critical hardware supply chain constraints, telecom carrier redundancies, infrastructure cybersecurity standards, geopolitical factors, and overall disaster recovery continuity.

Strategic Sourcing & Negotiation Excellence

High-Value Sourcing Initiatives: Lead complex, cross-functional global sourcing initiatives (RFx) for high-value, business-critical infrastructure, hosting, and network deployments, transforming technical requirements into highly favorable commercial frameworks.
Advanced Commercial Modeling: Utilize sophisticated analytical techniques to establish aggressive negotiation targets, leveraging hardware asset management data, telecom expense management (TEM) analysis, and cloud consumption modeling to optimize total cost of ownership.
Complex Contract Negotiation: Lead negotiations for complex legal and commercial terms. Ensure ironclad protections regarding hardware warranties, equipment depreciation cycles, global telecom tariffs, cloud hosting uptime commitments, and strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Financial Stewardship & Cost Control: Partner with IT Finance and leadership during budgetary planning cycles by providing critical market data, hardware lead-time impact analyses, and cost forecasts. Actively support IT in rigorous cost control, mitigating unbudgeted network or cloud scaling costs, and driving the achievement of committed global savings goals.

Supplier & Stakeholder Management

Top-Tier Vendor Governance: Manage strategic, long-term relationships with Tier-1 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), global telecom carriers, and cloud providers, maintaining direct executive-level channels to align performance, technology roadmaps, and capacity planning.
Structured Performance Reviews: Lead regular, highly structured Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) to monitor network availability, hosting performance, hardware delivery timelines, and evaluate financial or operational risks.
Strategic Business Partnering: Serve as the premier procurement business partner to the Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) organization, ensuring hardware and network procurement pipelines align seamlessly with enterprise hybrid-cloud and connectivity roadmaps.
Digital Procurement Advocacy: Champion and drive the adoption of digital procurement tools (including eSourcing, CLM, Spend Visibility, and S2P platforms) across the category to maximize process efficiency and spend transparency.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

5% – 10% international and domestic travel is required.

Supervision

Accountable for managing cross-functional, virtually matrixed project teams across global regions (including the US, Europe, and Asia-Pacific).

Education

Degree Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field (Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems), Business Administration, or Supply Chain Management required.
Advanced Degrees: MBA or Master’s degree in a related field is highly desired.
Certifications: CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Chain Management), CIPS, ITIL foundations, or professional certifications in FinOps (Cloud Financial Management) are a strong plus.

Experience and Required Skills

Deep Category Experience: Minimum of 5 to 8 years of progressive experience in Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, with a definitive track record of direct ownership over global IT infrastructure, enterprise hardware networks, telecom grids, and cloud ecosystems.
Cloud & Telecom Sourcing Track Record: Proven, hands-on experience negotiating major cloud consumption commitments, multi-year carrier agreements (MPLS, SD-WAN), and massive hardware refresh deployments with major global technology OEMs.
Global Executive Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead, influence, and partner effectively with senior technology executives, network heads, and C-level stakeholders without direct authority.
Ambiguity & Decisiveness: Exceptional capacity to navigate high-ambiguity environments, making sound strategic recommendations or rapid procurement decisions based on complex, shifting, or incomplete data sets.
Advanced Analytics & Data Interpretation: High proficiency in infrastructure financial modeling, hardware refresh cycle analytics, cloud spend optimization (FinOps), and interpreting complex spend visibility dashboards. Expert level in Microsoft Office Suite (advanced Excel and PowerPoint).
Global Matrix Management: Proven experience working in and managing virtual, geographically dispersed, cross-cultural sourcing teams. Expert ability to tailor communication styles to align stakeholders across diverse regional and cultural backgrounds.
Strategic Negotiation Mastery: Expert negotiation skills, with documented success in executing high-impact, multi-million-dollar global infrastructure and network service agreements.
Agile & Project Management: Strong project management expertise with the ability to shepherd multiple fast-paced hardware and network initiatives from initial roadmap planning through global rollout. Familiarity with Agile frameworks and ways of working.
Language Skills: Absolutely fluent in English (written and spoken) with exceptional presentation capabilities.

Other Specialized Knowledge Required

Advanced IT Purchasing & Sourcing: Master-level understanding of the 7-step strategic sourcing process, hardware lifecycle management, and global bidding structures.
Infrastructure Commercial Architectures: In-depth knowledge of hardware maintenance support structures (smartnet, third-party maintenance), telecom tariff models, datacenter colocation space/power configurations, and total cost of ownership (TCO) concepts.
Legal and Regulatory Frameworks: Comprehensive understanding of infrastructure contract terms, including master services agreements (MSAs), dark fiber agreements, cloud infrastructure terms, service level exhibits, and information security requirements.
Market Dynamics: Expert awareness of global supply chain logistics, chip shortages, telecom consolidation trends, and the commercial evolution of utility-based computing environments.

Fresenius Medical Care maintains a drug-free workplace in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.

Fresenius Medical Care is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, national origin, age, disability, military service, or other non-merit-based factors

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