Procurement Category Manager, Operations & External Workforce
Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Parsippany, NJ · $140k–$170k a year · Posted November 4, 2026
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Where Parsippany, NJ ranks
Where Parsippany, NJ placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #3Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Mid-Atlantic2.2% · of 84
- #5Cities with the most jobs that need no experience2.2% · of 100
- #6Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Northeast2.2% · of 69
- #16Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Northeast$135k · of 26
- #20Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Mid-Atlantic$135k · of 37
- #21Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Northeast41 / 100 · of 26
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $155,000 a year. Across 26 open procurement category manager listings that state pay, the middle half runs $109,500 to $130,000 and the median is $124,500. That is 24% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among purchasing managers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for purchasing managers: 20% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
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About the job
We’re looking for an experienced and commercially driven Procurement Category Manager, Operations & External Workforce to take ownership of a strategically important global procurement portfolio with approximately USD 200 million in annual spend. Reporting directly to...