Category Manager

Summary

Join LastPass as a Category Manager and develop and execute purchasing strategies for assigned categories within the Global Procurement team. You will oversee all aspects of category management for strategic, indirect, and complex spend categories across multiple business units, collaborating with senior stakeholders to drive purchasing initiatives aligned with organizational goals. This role involves leading sourcing activities, managing vendor relationships, and ensuring compliance with corporate policies. You will also lead continuous improvement projects and track key performance indicators. The ideal candidate possesses strong business management skills, exceptional stakeholder engagement abilities, and excellent negotiation and communication skills. LastPass offers a remote-first culture, competitive compensation, flexible paid time off, generous parental leave, and comprehensive health coverage.

Requirements

• Strong curiosity and drive to challenge the status quo, foster innovation, and build cross-functional collaboration networks
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and ability to align leaders around common goals
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence all levels internally and externally with suppliers
• Strong business management skills with the ability to develop and execute strategies, backed by a solid understanding of financials and business disciplines
• Data-driven decision maker, aligning choices with strategic goals and considering organizational impacts

Responsibilities

• Lead all sourcing activities, including bid management, price negotiations, and contract oversight for assigned categories such as IT, Marketing, and Human Resources
• Develop sourcing strategies and conduct market research and supplier analysis
• Drive cost savings and process improvements to meet organizational objectives
• Ensure compliance with corporate policies for all related purchases
• Manage vendor relationships
• Lead value-added and value-engineered initiatives
• Establish controls and procedures to minimize costs while maintaining flexibility to meet the needs of both internal and external customers
• Oversee continuous improvement projects to enhance process efficiency and sustainability
• Lead cross-functional teams to develop and implement best-in-class purchasing strategies, collaborating with IT, Marketing, HR, and other departments to achieve objectives
• Oversee global facility vendors, ensuring day-to-day operations meet internal and contractual obligations
• Drive sourcing activities to meet category objectives: identify spend, develop strategies, and lead negotiations and supplier selection to maximize value and drive savings in indirect spend categories
• Manage the end-to-end contracting process, ensuring smooth transitions from sourcing to contract execution while maintaining proper documentation
• Track and report on KPIs for each category; collect data from suppliers, benchmarks, and internal sources. Conduct regular supplier meetings to monitor performance and identify opportunities for improvement and cost savings
• Educate team and business partners on industry best practices, sustainability, and technology trends in indirect purchasing
• Ensure compliance with company policies, including purchasing procedures, for both yourself and your team

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Excel skills
• Experienced in developing and implementing procurement policies
• Proficient with procurement systems (Opstream, NetSuite, Zip, Coupa)
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams
• Strong project management experience

Benefits

• Remote first culture
• Competitive compensation
• Flexible Paid Time Off policies, including but not limited to: Quarterly Self-Care Days (4 extra paid days off annually) and Volunteer Days
• Generous Parental leave
• Comprehensive health coverage, dependents included
• Home office setup support
• LastPass families free account up to 5 members
• Continuous learning and development opportunities