Category Manager III

Job#: 3051944

Job Description:

Category Manager III

Location: Houston, Texas (Onsite)

Role Overview

An opportunity is available for a Category Manager III to support a Wells Supply Chain Management organization. This role involves helping to drive the execution of category strategies, supplier initiatives, reporting, and continuous improvement efforts across the category management team. The position requires strong analytical capabilities, stakeholder management skills, and experience building reporting tools and dashboards to support procurement and supply chain initiatives. This role offers the chance to work cross-functionally with suppliers, category teams, asset SCM teams, and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain dashboards and reporting to track supplier performance, savings, budgets, category initiatives, and execution progress.
• Coordinate supplier engagement activities, including executive sponsor meetings, strategic supplier reviews, and industry events.
• Support relationship building between suppliers, category teams, asset SCM teams, and business stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate tracking and reporting of Competitive Performance initiatives and other value delivery opportunities.
• Identify and remove execution barriers to help teams make decisions and deliver results faster.
• Support special projects, workshops, and cross-functional initiatives that improve category performance.
• Drive standardization of tools, templates, reporting, and best practices across the Wells Category Teams.
• Lead relationship health assessments and identify opportunities to improve service levels, communication, and ways of working.
• Maintain and improve team digital platforms, document repositories, and audit-ready records.
• Champion the use of AI and digital tools to automate work, streamline processes, and improve team productivity.
• Share lessons learned and best practices across the organization to promote continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or a related field.

Experience: 4+ years of experience in supply chain, procurement, operations, category management, or a related discipline.

Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience creating reports, dashboards, and performance tracking metrics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive work to completion.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• A strong commercial and analytical background, negotiation skills, interpersonal skills and attention to detail.
• Action-oriented with a focus on speed, execution, and delivering commitments.
• Safety awareness with a passion for engaging people to put safety first.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or category management activities.
• Experience supporting cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with AI, automation, or digital productivity tools.
• Interest in continuous improvement and operational excellence methodologies.

Work Schedule

This position follows a 9/80 compressed work week schedule. The schedule is onsite from Monday to Thursday, with remote work on Friday, and every other Friday off.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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Employee Type:

Contract

Location:

Houston, TX, US

Job Type:

Date Posted:

September 15, 2026

Pay Range:

$55 - $65 per hour

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