Senior Category Manager - Pleasanton, CA

About this role

Calyxo, Inc. is a medical device company headquartered in Pleasanton, California, USA. The company was founded in 2016 to address the profound need for improved kidney stone treatment. Kidney stone disease is a common, painful condition that consumes vast amounts of healthcare resources each year. Our team is led by executives and investors with a proven track record of commercializing paradigm-shifting devices to meet unmet needs within urology.

Are you ready to change the future of kidney stone treatment? We are seeking high achievers who want to be part of a dynamic team working in a fun, diverse atmosphere.

Summary:

The Senior Category Manager, Sustaining, is responsible for driving sourcing and supplier strategies that support sustaining product initiatives within a regulated medical device environment. This role partners closely with Product, R&D, Engineering, Manufacturing, S&OP, and Commercial teams to ensure robust sources of supply, optimal supplier mix, and seamless lifecycle support—from NPD through production scale. The position owns multi‑year category strategies focused on quality, risk mitigation, cost improvement, and scalability, while serving as the primary relationship manager for strategic suppliers and contract manufacturers. Success in the role requires strong cross‑functional influence, hands‑on project leadership in ambiguous environments, and the ability to proactively identify and mitigate technical and operational risks while enabling continuous improvement across the supply base.

In This Role, You Will:

• Supply Chain lead on sustaining initiatives related to our supplier community. Collaborate with R&D, Product, Engineering, and Commercial teams on Supply Chain and overall project deliverables to ensure robust sources of supply and optimal mix

• Develop multi-year category strategies to drive quality, risk mitigation, cost improvement, and scale efficiency through our supplier community; optimize supplier mix against category objectives