Job Description

Fidelity TalentSource is your destination for discovering your next temporary role at Fidelity Investments! We are currently sourcing for a Senior Manager, Category Management to work in Westlake, TX or Boston, MA!

The senior manager role on Fidelity Procurement’s category management team leads Procurement projects of medium level complexity, typically in support of a single business group. This role will work with business partners to improve Fidelity’s position to broker for the right products, at the right price and contractual terms. Individuals should possess experience working across many business segments, including technology, marketing, financial services, and consulting services. They should exhibit strong communications skills as they partner with Fidelity leaders across our business divisions to achieve stronger scale and efficiency for Fidelity.

• BSc/BA in business administration or 3+ years of equivalent experience
• Background in sourcing, contracts, vendor management, or product management
• Outstanding expertise as a category manager or product manager.
• Ability to lead/ influence cross-functional teams through procurement projects
• Experience working with leaders
• 3 years of procurement related experience, including sourcing, contracting, or related experience in vendor or product management

Procurement concentrates on finding and acquiring efficient products that contribute to business growth. Category Managers at the senior manager level lead sourcing activities and strategically select goods and services. You will engage with technology and non-technology vendors on medium dollar engagements that are core to Fidelity's strategic objectives. As a leader within a deal team, you will regularly collaborate with executives, product managers, contract managers, vendor managers and others.

• Extremely strong process orientation and demonstrated continuous improvement skills
• Supplier relationship skills; continuously, but constructively, demanding of supplier performance
• Passion for improving quality and reducing costs – passion for driving optimum business outcomes
• Capable of performing financial, technical and performance evaluations of suppliers
• Excellent organizational skills
• Consistent track record of teamwork
• Excellent communication and people skills

• Strategize with key business and technology leaders to develop vendor and product strategies
• Marshal the sourcing effort, including commercial and contract terms for each project
• Align and coordinate with colleagues from risk based groups to ensure risk mitigation of supplier contracts
• Seek to achieve outstanding pricing with suppliers

Fidelity procurement helps Fidelity business partners make smart purchasing decisions that reduce risk and maximize value for the firm. Your impact will be realized as you assist our business partners in engaging Procurement to secure products and/or services through new vendor or existing vendor relationships. Your impact will be proven through the savings you are able to return to the firm.

Fidelity TalentSource is the in-house temporary staffing provider for Fidelity Investments, one of the largest and most diversified global financial services firms in the industry. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds, including technology and customer service, to fill assignments across Fidelity’s U.S.-based regional and investor center locations. If you would like to experience Fidelity’s supportive and collaborative culture while expanding your skill set and developing your professional network, consider a role with Fidelity TalentSource. Apply today at  .

We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Fidelity TalentSource will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, please contact our HR team at .

At Fidelity Investments, our customers are at the heart of everything we do. As a privately held company with a rich 75-year history, our mission has remained the same since our founding: to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients . We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money. For information about working at Fidelity, visit .

Fidelity TalentSource's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

Fidelity Investments and Fidelity TalentSource are equal opportunity employers.

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