Category Manager

Category Manager

Syntiant Corp., a leader in the high-growth AI software and semiconductor solutions space, is looking for an experienced and talented Category Manager to take on a critical role with expansive responsibilities and play a leading role in enhancing the Operations function in a growing organization.

The Category Manager will be responsible for owning the strategic relationships with suppliers to ensure long-term partnership and alignment with business objectives. In this role, the position will conduct structured quarterly business reviews with key suppliers to evaluate performance, address challenges, and align on future strategies. Additionally, this position will play a key role in negotiating long-term contracts and supply agreements with key suppliers. The Category Manager will also collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements, budgets, and current gaps and challenges to develop the best sourcing strategies.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities :

• Understanding needs and requirements of internal stakeholders on current and future spend for the assigned categories.
• Proactively seek value-creating opportunities across spend categories.
• Lead contract negotiations and institute a complete strategy to approach renewal.
• Deep market knowledge on software contracting trends.
• Analyze industry dynamics, sourcing trends and internal data to recommend sourcing initiatives.
• Develop deep knowledge of the EDA relevant to Syntiant's design and manufacturing flow and understand the strengths and weaknesses of suppliers' products and services.
• Stay Ahead of the Curve : Continuously monitor IT market trends and sourcing best practices to keep our strategies fresh, forward-looking, and future-ready.
• Manage regional supplier relationships with travel partners, such as agencies, airlines, hotels, and car service companies.
• Collaborate across legal, finance, and IT to support end-to-end procurement processes
• Perform other job duties as assigned to meet business needs.