Category Lead – Administration, Facilities & Construction (Office of Procurement)

Baltimore, MD, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-26 → 2026-10-07

Core

Strategic sourcing and procurement of supplies and services for Administration, Facilities, and Construction categories to drive cost reduction and business value.

Role type

Senior Category Lead (Procurement)

Builds

Procurement strategies, supplier agreements, and category-specific initiative pipelines

Domain

Corporate Procurement / Facilities & Construction

Required skills

Strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, vendor evaluation, category strategy development, cross-functional team leadership, e-procurement tools, P2P process knowledge, data analysis, regulatory compliance

Preferred skills

Keen negotiation skills, familiarity with state and federal laws, experience with decentralized procurement environments

Technologies

e-procurement tools, eSourcing tools

Responsibilities

Create and execute category strategies, develop common specifications for products, manage purchase orders and contracts, negotiate with suppliers, establish and monitor category metrics, collaborate with Legal and Risk teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC (via careerplan.io/jobs/1133915518299-category-lead-administration-facilities-construction-office-of-procurement-at-jhu)

About jhu

The Johns Hopkins University was America’s first research university, founded for the express purpose of expanding knowledge and putting that knowledge to work for the good of humanity. Today, Johns Hopkins has approximately 6,500 faculty, 6,200 undergraduate students, and 17,600 graduate students across 230 degree programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels. JHU has multiple campuses in Baltimore and campuses serving graduate students in DC, Italy, and China. Johns Hopkins stands alone among top research universities in its extraordinary commitment of attention and resources