Senior Analyst, Category Management (Third-Party Risk)

Our client is seeking a Senior Analyst, Category Management (Third-Party Risk) to join their team. As a Senior Analyst, Category Management (Third-Party Risk), you will be part of the Category Management organization supporting the Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) function. The ideal candidate will have strong stakeholder communication, analytical risk-quantification skills, and the drive to build and improve a program from the ground up—translating findings into practical actions that reduce exposure.

Job Title: Senior Analyst, Category Management (Third-Party Risk)

Location: Blue Ash, Ohio

Pay Range: $40/hr+

What's the Job?

• Support vendor risk management across direct and indirect suppliers, with indirect requests currently prioritized.
• Help build and roll out an internal third-party risk management (TPRM) assessment platform and companywide strategy.
• Conduct vendor due diligence, identify risks, and develop and execute action plans to reduce exposure.
• Use sound judgment to assess acceptable risk and align with business stakeholders on risk decisions, including decisions involving relatively small risks.
• Bring TPRM experience and lessons learned about what has—and has not—worked in other programs to strengthen execution and outcomes.

What's Needed?

• Third-party risk expertise: experience assessing vendors, conducting due diligence, and translating findings into practical mitigation plans (with breadth beyond a narrow risk specialty).
• Financial and analytical capability: ability to analyze company balance sheets, quantify risk, use statistical methods, and clearly explain potential financial impact.
• Sanctions screening experience: experience screening for sanctions and reviewing results.
• Stakeholder communication and influence: ability to explain identified risks, serve as a liaison with vendors, and work constructively with internal stakeholders and suppliers; comfortable preparing presentations and platform demonstrations for sourcing leadership and supporting rollout to tens of thousands of people.
• Project management and ownership: ability to create roadmaps, set milestones, coordinate teams, and manage multiple projects—guiding work from an ambiguous starting point through execution.

What's in it for me?

• Opportunity to help shape and scale an internal TPRM assessment platform and companywide strategy.
• Chance to apply risk judgment that balances exposure reduction with business alignment.
• Work that combines vendor due diligence, financial risk analysis, and sanctions screening in one role.
• Visibility with sourcing leadership through presentations, demonstrations, and rollout support.
• Ownership of roadmaps, milestones, and process documentation that strengthen long-term program effectiveness.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k), Plus Match
• Weekly Pay

If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.