Category Specialist - Electrical
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The Category Specialist – Electrical supports strategic sourcing initiatives across electrical product and service verticals, working directly with the Electrical Category Manager. The role assists with procurement activities, supplier engagement, commercial evaluations, contract administration, and supplier performance management for electrical equipment and services used in power generation, infrastructure development, and data center power solutions. The Category Manager retains ownership of category strategy, major negotiations, and long-term category performance.
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Job Description
The Category Specialist – Electrical supports the development and execution of strategic sourcing initiatives across clients Electrical product and service vertical. Working directly with the Electrical Category Manager, this position supports procurement activities, supplier engagement, commercial evaluations, contract administration, and supplier performance management. The role supports electrical equipment and services for large-scale power generation, infrastructure development, and data center power solutions.
The Category Specialist is a trusted sourcing and execution partner to the Electrical Category Manager. The Category Manager retains ownership of category strategy, strategic supplier relationships, major negotiations, and long-term category performance.
Skills and Requirements
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Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Procurement, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
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3–5+ years in procurement, sourcing, supply chain operations, or category support.
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Knowledge of RFQ/RFP processes, supplier evaluation, purchase orders, and contract administration.
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Strong Excel, analysis, communication, organization, and ERP skills.
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Electrical equipment supply chains, power generation, energy, utilities, or EPC projects.
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Medium- and high-voltage equipment familiarity; NetSuite experience.
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CPSM or CSCP certification.
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 5,208 open Procurement jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$90–145K/yr195 salary ranges
- Texas median$25–33/hr26 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 528 open Procurement jobs in Texas and 5,208 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Procurement postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (4,039 postings).
- Education
- 2,218 of the 5,208 open Procurement jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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