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About the Role
As Senior Category Manager, you will join Fairfield’s growing Procurement function with meaningful ownership over category management. You will be a lead negotiator for construction materials, finishes, renovation and recurring property services, nationally and regionally, owning categories from market analysis and sourcing strategy through contracting, supplier performance and renewal. This role is for someone who wants a challenge, is a competitive and resilient negotiator energized by hard problems, not afraid of hard work, and knows how to turn a negotiation into a result. Your work will be visible and measured.
Responsibilities
- Build category strategies from spend, specifications and market evidence.
- Assess value through savings and cost avoidance, leverage, efficiency, risk, spend visibility and capability.
- Partner with operating teams on new products, value engineering, priorities and sourcing sequence.
- Manage contract terms and renewal calendars.
- Negotiate directly with manufacturers, distributors, installers and service providers.
- Select the right commercial model for each scope, including negotiated price, direct buy or rebate.
- Build rebate and value-back programs, cleared by Legal and Compliance.
- Lead strategic, tactical, operational and global sourcing based on the value at stake.
- Keep national and regional negotiations moving continuously.
- Maintain qualified, insured and credentialed supplier bases and bid lists.
- Drive supplier capability, performance and continuous improvement.
- Manage supply risk through dual sourcing, long-lead planning and continuity.
- Lead supplier mobilization, transition, performance monitoring and exit.
- Use AI and agents for research, should-cost analysis, negotiation preparation and contract review.
- Improve how your categories are bought, with the operating teams, putting technology on the repetitive work.
- Build templates, standards and playbooks others can follow.
- Mentor colleagues and potentially lead a small team while remaining actively involved in negotiations.
Requirements
- 8 or more years in procurement, most of it hands-on sourcing
- Experienced negotiator with proven results
- Category management, strategic sourcing and procurement best practices
- Strategic, tactical, operational and global sourcing
- Supplier development: capability and performance, not only price
- Tech-savvy, with hands-on analytical skills and experience using AI and agents to work faster and better
- Holistic view of value: savings, leverage, speed, risk, visibility and capability, not price alone
- Knowledge of and experience with national and regional agreements, including rebates
- Contract literacy and contract management experience
- Multifamily, homebuilding, construction or property management experience preferred
- Experience leading or mentoring a small team preferred
Skills
- Strategic Category Management
- Advanced Negotiation
- Strategic Sourcing
- Commercial & Financial Acumen
- Supplier Management & Development
- Supply Risk Management
- Contract Management
- Data, Technology & AI Acumen
- Stakeholder Partnership & Influence
- Leadership & Continuous Improvement
Location
- Remote, Eastern or Central Time Zone
Work Type
- Remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Administration, Finance, Construction Management, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and progressively responsible procurement experience.
- CPSM, CIPS or CSCP certification preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $130,000.00 - $160,000.00
Benefits
- Paid time off, paid holidays and sick days, paid time off for volunteering activities (optional)
- Matched 401(k)
- Medical, dental & vision insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
About the Company
- Fairfield is a leader in the multifamily housing industry, passionate about creating exceptional apartment living.
- The company is dedicated to investing in its people, with a culture built on trust, support, and the drive to do great work.
- Fairfield offers opportunities to make an impact, develop skills, and be part of something bigger.
- Fairfield is a vertically integrated operator and investment manager in the multifamily sector with in-house development, construction, acquisition, and property and asset management services.
- Fairfield values new ideas at every level and offers training, coaching, and mentoring.
- Fairfield provides a professional, supportive environment where colleagues work together to drive meaningful impact.
- Fairfield offers robust benefit packages with a focus on both quality of care and affordability.