About the role
The Category Manager – Indirect manages the global sourcing strategy for non-production spend (Professional Services, IT, Logistics, Facilities, MRO, etc.). This role partners closely with local purchasing teams and functions to ensure strategies are effectively implemented, driving cost optimization and service quality.
Be a part of something bigger.
At Eddyfi Technologies, we’re proud to push the boundaries of innovation to support the industries the world depends on every day. From energy and transportation to infrastructure and beyond, our technologies help protect critical assets, safeguard the environment, and ultimately, save lives.
As a world-renowned company, we’re behind some of the most advanced systems in the world—delivering cutting-edge solutions through ET & UT, Remote Monitoring, Nuclear Steam Generators, Automated Vision Systems, and Robotics. And we’re just getting started.
If you’re passionate about technology and want your work to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Our values
- We are customer-centric
- We innovate with a purpose
- We are results-oriented
- We are team players
Joining our team means:
- Collaborating with experts dedicated to innovation and excellence in a dynamic environment.
- Becoming part of an organization that values commitment, initiative, and collaboration to help achieve common goals.
- Joining a rapidly expanding company offering long-term development and success opportunities.
- Contributing to meaningful projects that create a lasting impact.
As Category Manager - Indirect, you must be able to
- Define and implement a global category strategy for indirect spend areas including IT and telecom, facilities management, HR services, and logistics, ensuring alignment with business needs, operational priorities, and corporate objectives.
- Identify, evaluate, and develop relationships with strategic service providers to optimize supplier base, enhance value delivery, and ensure service quality, responsiveness, and innovation across the assigned categories.
- Collaborate with site and functional stakeholders to deploy category strategies consistently across all locations, ensuring compliance, operational fit, and realization of targeted benefits.
- Conduct spend analysis, benchmark studies, and market assessments to uncover cost-saving opportunities, improve service delivery models, and identify bundling or consolidation opportunities across business units.
- Lead commercial negotiations and establish global framework agreements, while providing support to local procurement teams on tactical sourcing and implementation where needed.
- Partner cross-functionally with IT, HR, Facilities, Finance, and Logistics stakeholders to ensure that sourcing strategies support business objectives, project timelines, technical specifications, and user experience expectations.
- Implement and monitor supplier performance KPIs, SLA adherence, and risk mitigation strategies and conduct supplier reviews and audits to ensure contract compliance and service excellence.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and support adoption of best practices across the procurement organization.
- Drive measurable impact through KPIs including cost savings achieved, SLA Compliance rate, Supplier Consolidation Ratio, supplier performance (compliance and OTD), sourcing cycle time, PO compliance, % of spend with preferred suppliers etc.
What makes you an asset to our team
- Baccalauréat en gestion de la chaîne d’approvisionnement, en ingénierie, en administration des affaires ou dans un domaine connexe.
- 7 ans d’expérience en approvisionnement stratégique ou en gestion de catégories, idéalement dans un environnement technologique de pointe ou manufacturier.
- Antécédents probants en négociation avec les fournisseurs et en développement de partenariats stratégiques.
- Expérience avec les systèmes ERP (de préférence SAP) et les outils d’approvisionnement.
- Solides compétences analytiques et en communication; capacité à travailler de façon interfonctionnelle et à influencer les parties prenantes.
If you have transferable skills, even if you don’t meet all the criteria, feel free to submit your application!
At Eddyfi Technologies, diversity enriches our culture and drives innovation. We value an inclusive environment and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Joining Eddyfi Technologies means becoming part of a team that celebrates diversity and builds a better future.
All positions based in Quebec require proficiency in French, both written and spoken. Additionally, functional skills in English are required to meet the needs of our offices and clients internationally. For all our offices worldwide, certain positions may be subject to background checks, including credit, criminal, and employment history verification.
#LI-Hybrid #LI-JB1
About Eddyfi Technologies
Headquartered in beautiful Québec, Canada, Eddyfi Technologies provides the highest performance Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) inspection technologies and robotic solutions in the world that help OEMs, asset owners, and service companies enhance productivity, save lives, and protect the environment. Our advanced solutions are designed to suit our customers’ needs perfectly, but also considerably and consistently push performance to new heights. Since its inception in 2009, Eddyfi Technologies has always been keen on doing things differently, and remains motivated – more than ever – to always be Beyond Current. It offers a diversified portfolio of NDT instruments, sensors, software, and robotic solutions for the inspection of critical components and assets in key industries such as energy (oil, gas, petrochemical), power generation (nuclear) and aerospace. Eddyfi Technologies employs more than 725 people, leveraging 13 centers of excellence and sales offices to serve customers in more than 110 countries.
About the role
The Category Manager – Indirect manages the global sourcing strategy for non-production spend (Professional Services, IT, Logistics, Facilities, MRO, etc.). This role partners closely with local purchasing teams and functions to ensure strategies are effectively implemented, driving cost optimization and service quality.
Be a part of something bigger.
At Eddyfi Technologies, we’re proud to push the boundaries of innovation to support the industries the world depends on every day. From energy and transportation to infrastructure and beyond, our technologies help protect critical assets, safeguard the environment, and ultimately, save lives.
As a world-renowned company, we’re behind some of the most advanced systems in the world—delivering cutting-edge solutions through ET & UT, Remote Monitoring, Nuclear Steam Generators, Automated Vision Systems, and Robotics. And we’re just getting started.
If you’re passionate about technology and want your work to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Our values
- We are customer-centric
- We innovate with a purpose
- We are results-oriented
- We are team players
Joining our team means:
- Collaborating with experts dedicated to innovation and excellence in a dynamic environment.
- Becoming part of an organization that values commitment, initiative, and collaboration to help achieve common goals.
- Joining a rapidly expanding company offering long-term development and success opportunities.
- Contributing to meaningful projects that create a lasting impact.
As Category Manager - Indirect, you must be able to
- Define and implement a global category strategy for indirect spend areas including IT and telecom, facilities management, HR services, and logistics, ensuring alignment with business needs, operational priorities, and corporate objectives.
- Identify, evaluate, and develop relationships with strategic service providers to optimize supplier base, enhance value delivery, and ensure service quality, responsiveness, and innovation across the assigned categories.
- Collaborate with site and functional stakeholders to deploy category strategies consistently across all locations, ensuring compliance, operational fit, and realization of targeted benefits.
- Conduct spend analysis, benchmark studies, and market assessments to uncover cost-saving opportunities, improve service delivery models, and identify bundling or consolidation opportunities across business units.
- Lead commercial negotiations and establish global framework agreements, while providing support to local procurement teams on tactical sourcing and implementation where needed.
- Partner cross-functionally with IT, HR, Facilities, Finance, and Logistics stakeholders to ensure that sourcing strategies support business objectives, project timelines, technical specifications, and user experience expectations.
- Implement and monitor supplier performance KPIs, SLA adherence, and risk mitigation strategies and conduct supplier reviews and audits to ensure contract compliance and service excellence.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives and support adoption of best practices across the procurement organization.
- Drive measurable impact through KPIs including cost savings achieved, SLA Compliance rate, Supplier Consolidation Ratio, supplier performance (compliance and OTD), sourcing cycle time, PO compliance, % of spend with preferred suppliers etc.
What makes you an asset to our team
- Baccalauréat en gestion de la chaîne d’approvisionnement, en ingénierie, en administration des affaires ou dans un domaine connexe.
- 7 ans d’expérience en approvisionnement stratégique ou en gestion de catégories, idéalement dans un environnement technologique de pointe ou manufacturier.
- Antécédents probants en négociation avec les fournisseurs et en développement de partenariats stratégiques.
- Expérience avec les systèmes ERP (de préférence SAP) et les outils d’approvisionnement.
- Solides compétences analytiques et en communication; capacité à travailler de façon interfonctionnelle et à influencer les parties prenantes.
If you have transferable skills, even if you don’t meet all the criteria, feel free to submit your application!
At Eddyfi Technologies, diversity enriches our culture and drives innovation. We value an inclusive environment and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Joining Eddyfi Technologies means becoming part of a team that celebrates diversity and builds a better future.
All positions based in Quebec require proficiency in French, both written and spoken. Additionally, functional skills in English are required to meet the needs of our offices and clients internationally. For all our offices worldwide, certain positions may be subject to background checks, including credit, criminal, and employment history verification.
#LI-Hybrid #LI-JB1
About Eddyfi Technologies
Headquartered in beautiful Québec, Canada, Eddyfi Technologies provides the highest performance Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) inspection technologies and robotic solutions in the world that help OEMs, asset owners, and service companies enhance productivity, save lives, and protect the environment. Our advanced solutions are designed to suit our customers’ needs perfectly, but also considerably and consistently push performance to new heights. Since its inception in 2009, Eddyfi Technologies has always been keen on doing things differently, and remains motivated – more than ever – to always be Beyond Current. It offers a diversified portfolio of NDT instruments, sensors, software, and robotic solutions for the inspection of critical components and assets in key industries such as energy (oil, gas, petrochemical), power generation (nuclear) and aerospace. Eddyfi Technologies employs more than 725 people, leveraging 13 centers of excellence and sales offices to serve customers in more than 110 countries.