Global Category Manager Facilities

Role Summary\n\nThe Global Category Manager \u2013 Facilities is a individual contributor responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategy for all major Facilities OPEX categories, including Integrated Facilities Management (IFM), Physical Security, Corporate Culinary, Transportation, Building Services, Tenant Improvements (TI), and other technical facility operations.\n\nThis role owns category direction, leads negotiations, ensures supplier capability and resiliency for active global operations, and partners directly with Facilities Operations, Physical Security, Engineering, Real Estate, EHS, and Finance to enable safe, reliable, and cost\u2011effective site performance.\n\nThe position requires strong commercial judgment, deep understanding of facilities operations and service delivery models, and the ability to influence stakeholders across a global, matrixed environment.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nStrategic Category Ownership\n\n * Develop and own the multi\u2011year sourcing strategy for Facilities OPEX categories, including IFM, Physical Security, TI, Culinary, Transportation, and technical building services.\n * Align category strategies to operational reliability, capacity planning, and global site requirements.\n * Define preferred delivery models, commercial frameworks, supplier tiers, and competitive landscapes.\n * Drive disciplined governance for sourcing checkpoints, commercial evaluation, and supplier award decisions.\n\n\n\nOperational \u0026 Portfolio Support\n\n * Lead strategic negotiations for largescale IFM, building services, security, transportation, and facility operations agreements.\n * Structure and negotiate complex frameworks including MSAs, rate cards, IFM operating models, technical scopes, and site\u2011level service bundles.\n * Partner with Facilities Operations, Engineering, and Finance to validate budgets, cost models, SLAs, and risk allocations.\n * Provide category insights and market intelligence supporting operating plan cycles, TI planning, and facility readiness.\n\n\n\nSupplier Strategy \u0026 Performance Management\n\n * Build and maintain a resilient supplier ecosystem across IFM partners, security integrators, facilities trades, culinary operators, and transportation providers.\n * Execute supplier segmentation, preferred supplier programs, and capability assessments.\n * Manage -level supplier relationships, including performance reviews, escalations, and operational roadmap planning.\n * Ensure suppliers meet expectations for safety, quality, cost predictability, uptime, responsiveness, and ESG performance.\n\n\n\nValue, Risk \u0026 ESG Delivery\n\n * Deliver measurable value across cost reduction, avoidance, operational efficiencies, and total cost of ownership.\n * Identify and mitigate commercial, operational, supply chain, and geographic risks affecting global facilities operations.\n * Integrate carbon reduction, sustainability, and social responsibility requirements into category and supplier strategies.\n\n\n\nProcess, Policy \u0026 Digital Enablement\n\n * Ensure category compliance with procurement policy, contracting standards, and audit readiness.\n * Contribute to continuous improvement of sourcing tools, templates, and digital reporting for facilities procurement.\n * Leverage benchmarking, cost databases, performance dashboards, and predictive risk analytics to guide decision\u2011making.\n\n\n\nQualifications\n\nExperience\n\n * 10\u201315+ years in Procurement, Category Management, or commercial roles supporting Facilities, IFM, Physical Security, TI, or technical building service categories.\n * Proven success leading complex negotiations and managing high\u2011value facilities portfolios in multinational environments.\n * Experience influencing leaders across operations, engineering, real estate, EHS, and finance.\n\n\n\nSkills \u0026 Capabilities\n\n * Expert skills in sourcing strategy, negotiation, market intelligence, contract structuring, and risk allocation.\n * Strong commercial and financial acumen, including cost modeling, scenario analysis, and OPEX planning.\n * Deep understanding of IFM delivery models, facilities operations, security programs, culinary services, TI processes, and technical service environments.\n * Clear, concise communication style suited to executive audiences and cross\u2011functional alignment.\n\n\n\n## Qualifications\n\n### Education:\n\nBachelor\u0027s Degree\n\n### Skills\n\n### Certifications:\n\n### Languages:\n\n### Years of Experience:\n\n7 - 10 Years\n\n### Work Experience:\n\n## Additional Information\n\n### \n\n### Shift:\n\n10-Day 8-Hr (United States of America)\n\n### \n\n### Travel:\n\nYes, 20% of the Time\n\n### \n\n### Relocation Eligible:\n\nNo\n\n### Referral Payment Plan:\n\nEmployee Referral (Standard)\n\nU.S. Salary Range:\n\n$124,000.00 - $171,000.00\n\nThe salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable. \n\nFor all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.\n\nApplied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. \n