Senior Category Manager, Global Spend Management

The Senior Category Manager (Procurement) provides global category strategy support and executes sourcing initiatives to deliver best overall value for the firm, while maintaining appropriate quality and managing risk through well-structured contracts.

This role partners closely with business and functional leaders, applying enterprise sourcing and procurement policies to meet internal stakeholder requirements. You will independently lead cross-functional teams of category and subject-matter experts through the strategic sourcing process for complex, high-impact initiatives.

We welcome applications from well-qualified procurement leaders especially with previous Technology and other Corporate Services expertise.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What The Day Will Look Like

• Autonomously develop and execute appropriate sourcing strategies for your category or project, including long-range objectives, performance goals, and clear metrics.
• Support multi‑year category roadmaps, opportunity pipelines, and performance dashboards that drive value, resilience, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Independently lead complex sourcing, RFP, and negotiation efforts, applying strong commercial judgment while balancing value, risk, stakeholder priorities, and long-term category strategy.
• Act as a primary procurement partner to senior global and regional Marketing, Technology, Operations, Finance, Legal, Privacy, and business leaders—translating business needs into sourcing approaches that enable outcomes.
• Support supplier relationships for assigned supplier partners, aligning supplier goals and performance with business objectives and holding suppliers accountable for results.
• Champion supplier diversity objectives, seeking opportunities to engage diverse suppliers directly or via prime suppliers’ subcontracting and tiered-sourcing commitments.
• Stay closely engaged in periodic supplier reviews to identify opportunities, address issues early, and proactively plan renewals, extensions, or transitions.
• Draft and negotiate business and commercial contract language of above-average complexity in collaboration with legal and functional partners.
• Support internal clients in building alignment and consensus on recommendations, then drive timely execution, communication, and implementation/transition activities.
• Assess financial, operational, and risk implications of sourcing options and make sound trade-off decisions that clearly connect to business outcomes.
• Leverage leading-edge tools and technologies, including AI-enabled solutions, to improve speed, insight, and quality of procurement work.

Throughout, You Will Demonstrate

• Curiosity: deeply understanding markets, suppliers, and stakeholder needs; continuously scanning for new ideas and better ways of working.
• Action orientation: moving initiatives forward with urgency and discipline, removing barriers, and delivering on commitments.
• Accountability: owning category results, supplier performance, and stakeholder satisfaction end-to-end.
• Flexibility and priority management: adapting quickly to changing business needs, confidently re prioritizing work and resources, and managing time and workload to consistently deliver on the most critical outcomes first.
• Continuous improvement: proactively identifying and implementing process, cost, and value enhancements across categories and ways of working.
• Effective stakeholder partnering: building trusted relationships, challenging constructively, and co-creating solutions that balance short-term needs and long-term strategy.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• 7+ years of procurement experience in Marketing, Corporate Services, and/or Technology, including experience with complex contracts and supplier relationships.
• Bachelor’s degree
• Ability to work in a geographically diverse workplace
• Must have excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to think and act strategically while engaging and executing tactically as appropriate to drive results
• Experience working with all levels of management including “C” Level
• Strong negotiation skills
• Position requires some travel