Category Manager

Category Manager

Job Description

Department: Supply Chain

Job Status: Full-Time

FLSA Status: Salary-Exempt

Reports To: Vice President of Supply Chain

Location: The Woodlands, Texas

Amount of Travel Required: Up to 60%

Work Schedule:Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM

Positions Supervised: None

AIP Level: 5

POSITION SUMMARY: The Category Manager is responsible for overseeing the procurement, management, and optimization of iron-related assets and services within the supply chain. This role involves negotiating rates for inspection rig-ups and miss rentals, managing CAPEX budgets, coordinating with vendors and internal teams to ensure asset placement and quality standards are met efficiently. The Category Manager will play a vital role in maintaining operational excellence and ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (The following duties and responsibilities are all essential job functions, as defined by the ADA, except for those that begin with the word "may.")

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE LEVEL

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, COMPETENCIES, AND ABILITIES

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Category Manager may work in a warehouse/shop environment that makes them susceptible to common hazards such as physical strain, moving machinery, loading, unloading, falling objects, slips, trips, and falls. They will also need to speak clearly and audibly, as well as have the ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and /or other sounds (e.g., building alarms) deriving from in person speech, telephone, or other remote speech.

Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk, stoop, kneel, sit, climb, crouch and/or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move objects that weigh more than 100 pounds with a team lift. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work hours may include or includes early morning, late evenings, and weekends, depending on business necessity.

AAP /EEO STATEMENT

The Company is committed to the cause of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, thus abiding by all applicable state and federal laws. Our practices regarding employment, job promotion, compensation, training, and termination do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, sex, national origin, veteran's status, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. It is expected that all employees, both management and staff, will fully support these nondiscriminatory policies.

The company has reviewed this job description to ensure essential functions and duties have been included. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities.

Last Revised 05/21/2025