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Category Manager roles qualify for E-3 visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, or a related field. Australian professionals can secure two-year renewable status with no lottery and no cap, making it practical to target procurement and merchandising leadership roles across retail, FMCG, and tech sectors in the U.S.
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Category Manager (IT)
Job Description Summary
The Category Manager is responsible for overseeing and optimizing procurement and management strategies for IT-related goods and services, including but not limited to hardware, software, cloud services, telecommunications, and other tech needs. This role focuses on driving cost efficiency, improving supplier relationships, and aligning purchasing strategies with organizational goals. They will be the interface with the IT business lines to lead the development and implementation of supplier relationship and performance management. This role will implement the organization’s short, medium and long term strategies by ensuring the highest level of service based on C&W’s Procurement Policies and Procedures. They will require an in-depth understanding of the business impact of procurement contributions and understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Develops major goals to support the organizations strategy.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Leadership:
- Creates a working environment that encourages high performance and innovation.
- Becomes a trusted advisor and subject matter expert on the categories.
- Removes roadblocks to enable the delivery of procurement and client account goals.
- Promotes compliance with C&W’s code of conduct.
Category Management:
- Develop and implement a strategic sourcing plan for IT related goods and services, including but not limited to hardware, CRE software, cloud services, telecommunications, and other tech needs.
- Conduct Global, Regional and Country market research to stay updated on industry trends and identify opportunities for cost savings and quality improvements.
- Set category goals aligned with company objectives and regularly measure performance against these targets.
- Responsible for working with procurement business partners and service line leadership to align category management vision with service line and procurement priorities.
- Incorporates industry best practices into category delivery.
- Utilizes demand planning to target value from supplier agreements.
Vendor Management:
- Identify, evaluate, and establish relationships with IT vendors, suppliers, and service providers.
- Negotiate favorable terms and contracts, ensuring compliance with internal policies and industry regulations.
- Manage supplier performance and conduct periodic reviews to assess service levels, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with business needs.
- Monitors preferred supplier utilization, builds roster to ensure capability to deliver across the service line portfolios, and monitors performance to ensure capability to meet account needs.
- Ability to develop and understand data analytics, to mine data to drive in-depth analysis of C&W’s 3rd party spend.
Business Influence:
- Communicates supply category preferred supplier metrics and helps the business drive greater adoption of the preferred supplier network.
- Develops and maintains strong relationships with business units and the category management team.
- Drives for results by consistently achieving goals in a timely manner.
- Develops and delivers communications with clarity and impact, ensuring consistent messaging.
- Encourages creation and brings new best in class ideas and approaches to the table for developing and executing category strategies and working within the supply market to ensure Cushman & Wakefield meets or exceeds their objectives.
- Working cross-functionally with other departments including Finance, Operations, TDS, HR, Project Management, etc. for delivery of category strategies.
Risk Management:
- Identify and mitigate risks within the IT supply chain, including cybersecurity risks, service disruptions, and compliance issues.
- Work with the legal team to ensure vendor contracts include necessary risk management and compliance clauses.
- Working with C&W Legal Counsel to ensure consistent templates and fall back language to enable effective negotiations and risk mitigation.
- Ensure effective and up-to-date commercial arrangements.
Continuous Improvement/Change Management:
- Strong problem-solving skills utilizing continuous improvement techniques.
- Utilizes change management techniques to drive the development and utilization of a preferred supplier program.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5-8 years of category management experience
- Professional certifications preferred e.g., CPSM, CIPS, C.P.M., or evidence of continued professional growth
- In-depth knowledge of IT Procurement and fundamentals, IT specific category specific knowledge
- Strong interpersonal and analytical skills
- Ability to build relationships with key business stakeholders and 3rd party vendors
- Inner drive to accomplish goals and not deterred by obstacles
- Capacity to develop innovative strategies and solutions, Creative problem solver
- Contract negotiation and ongoing management skills
- Analytics, ability to mine data to drive in depth analysis
- Building and managing diverse supplier relationships
- Interface with all levels in the organization
- Project Management
- Continuous improvement
- Personal flexibility
- Independent worker, self-starter
- Organizational savvy
- Innovativeness
- Effective Communication & Presentation skills
- Decision making & crisis management
- Business Influence, interviewing and active listening
- Knowledge of effective supplier risk management techniques
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $93,500.00 - $110,000.00
Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email Accommodations@cushwake.com. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”
Job Title
Category Manager (IT)
Job Description Summary
The Category Manager is responsible for overseeing and optimizing procurement and management strategies for IT-related goods and services, including but not limited to hardware, software, cloud services, telecommunications, and other tech needs. This role focuses on driving cost efficiency, improving supplier relationships, and aligning purchasing strategies with organizational goals. They will be the interface with the IT business lines to lead the development and implementation of supplier relationship and performance management. This role will implement the organization’s short, medium and long term strategies by ensuring the highest level of service based on C&W’s Procurement Policies and Procedures. They will require an in-depth understanding of the business impact of procurement contributions and understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Develops major goals to support the organizations strategy.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Leadership:
- Creates a working environment that encourages high performance and innovation.
- Becomes a trusted advisor and subject matter expert on the categories.
- Removes roadblocks to enable the delivery of procurement and client account goals.
- Promotes compliance with C&W’s code of conduct.
Category Management:
- Develop and implement a strategic sourcing plan for IT related goods and services, including but not limited to hardware, CRE software, cloud services, telecommunications, and other tech needs.
- Conduct Global, Regional and Country market research to stay updated on industry trends and identify opportunities for cost savings and quality improvements.
- Set category goals aligned with company objectives and regularly measure performance against these targets.
- Responsible for working with procurement business partners and service line leadership to align category management vision with service line and procurement priorities.
- Incorporates industry best practices into category delivery.
- Utilizes demand planning to target value from supplier agreements.
Vendor Management:
- Identify, evaluate, and establish relationships with IT vendors, suppliers, and service providers.
- Negotiate favorable terms and contracts, ensuring compliance with internal policies and industry regulations.
- Manage supplier performance and conduct periodic reviews to assess service levels, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with business needs.
- Monitors preferred supplier utilization, builds roster to ensure capability to deliver across the service line portfolios, and monitors performance to ensure capability to meet account needs.
- Ability to develop and understand data analytics, to mine data to drive in-depth analysis of C&W’s 3rd party spend.
Business Influence:
- Communicates supply category preferred supplier metrics and helps the business drive greater adoption of the preferred supplier network.
- Develops and maintains strong relationships with business units and the category management team.
- Drives for results by consistently achieving goals in a timely manner.
- Develops and delivers communications with clarity and impact, ensuring consistent messaging.
- Encourages creation and brings new best in class ideas and approaches to the table for developing and executing category strategies and working within the supply market to ensure Cushman & Wakefield meets or exceeds their objectives.
- Working cross-functionally with other departments including Finance, Operations, TDS, HR, Project Management, etc. for delivery of category strategies.
Risk Management:
- Identify and mitigate risks within the IT supply chain, including cybersecurity risks, service disruptions, and compliance issues.
- Work with the legal team to ensure vendor contracts include necessary risk management and compliance clauses.
- Working with C&W Legal Counsel to ensure consistent templates and fall back language to enable effective negotiations and risk mitigation.
- Ensure effective and up-to-date commercial arrangements.
Continuous Improvement/Change Management:
- Strong problem-solving skills utilizing continuous improvement techniques.
- Utilizes change management techniques to drive the development and utilization of a preferred supplier program.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5-8 years of category management experience
- Professional certifications preferred e.g., CPSM, CIPS, C.P.M., or evidence of continued professional growth
- In-depth knowledge of IT Procurement and fundamentals, IT specific category specific knowledge
- Strong interpersonal and analytical skills
- Ability to build relationships with key business stakeholders and 3rd party vendors
- Inner drive to accomplish goals and not deterred by obstacles
- Capacity to develop innovative strategies and solutions, Creative problem solver
- Contract negotiation and ongoing management skills
- Analytics, ability to mine data to drive in depth analysis
- Building and managing diverse supplier relationships
- Interface with all levels in the organization
- Project Management
- Continuous improvement
- Personal flexibility
- Independent worker, self-starter
- Organizational savvy
- Innovativeness
- Effective Communication & Presentation skills
- Decision making & crisis management
- Business Influence, interviewing and active listening
- Knowledge of effective supplier risk management techniques
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $93,500.00 - $110,000.00
Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email Accommodations@cushwake.com. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Category Manager
Frame your degree for specialty occupation
Your Australian bachelor's degree must tie directly to the Category Manager role. A commerce or supply chain degree supports the specialty occupation requirement clearly; a general arts degree needs supplementary documentation showing coursework relevant to procurement or merchandising.
Target employers with procurement team structures
Companies large enough to have dedicated category or merchandising teams are far more likely to understand E-3 visa sponsorship. Retailers, FMCG businesses, and tech firms with established procurement functions have HR and legal processes already built for work visa filings.
Search verified E-3 sponsorship roles on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to find Category Manager roles filtered by E-3 visa sponsorship. The platform surfaces employers with active sponsorship history so you're not cold-approaching companies that have never navigated an Australian work visa before.
Get your LCA filed before the offer expires
Once you have a written offer, your employer must file a Labor Condition Application with the DOL before your visa paperwork can proceed. Delays here are the most common bottleneck. Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork so nothing stalls between offer and consulate appointment.
Clarify scope before the job description is finalized
The E-3 requires the role to require a degree, not merely prefer one. If the job posting says 'bachelor's preferred,' ask your employer to update it to 'required' before the LCA is filed. A weak job description can create problems at the consulate interview.
Prepare for consulate questions about your category scope
Consular officers assess whether your duties genuinely require a degree. Be ready to explain the analytical and strategic functions of your role, such as vendor negotiation, demand forecasting, or market analysis, not just purchasing coordination or administrative tasks.
E-3 Visa Category Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Category Manager jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the recommended way to search. It filters Category Manager roles by employers with E-3 sponsorship history, so you're targeting companies that have already navigated Australian work visas rather than educating hiring managers from scratch. Most general job searches surface roles where sponsorship is unstated or unavailable.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Category Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, provided the role requires a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as business, supply chain management, or marketing. Roles focused on strategic vendor management, pricing analysis, and category planning typically meet the standard. Positions framed as pure purchasing coordination, without an analytical or strategic component, can face scrutiny at the consulate.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Category Manager roles?
The E-3 is available only to Australian nationals and has no lottery, no annual cap, and no filing window. H-1B visa requires entering a randomized lottery each April with no guarantee of selection. For Australians, the E-3 means a confirmed path once you have a qualifying offer, rather than waiting years to win a lottery slot.
Can I switch to a different employer while on an E-3 as a Category Manager?
Yes, but you need a new E-3 for each employer. Your new employer files a fresh LCA with the DOL, and you either return to Australia for a new visa stamp or, in some circumstances, change status within the U.S. You can start working for the new employer once the new visa is approved, not before.