Global Category Leader
1 week ago
Our client is a global manufacturer with products that serve a wide range of highly innovative industry sectors including Mobility, Energy, and Life Sciences.
In support of a growing and transforming procurement organization, we are hiring an experienced procurement professional with a background in HR, travel, professional services, and IT procurement to lead a base of complex indirect categories.
Key Responsibilities and Impact:
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to establish category strategies for the fiscal year and beyond, managing supplier relationships or projects to drive business value.
- Attain and report cost savings, while tracking other category enhancements related to sourcing activities, including company-wide sustainability goals.
- Conduct detailed spend analysis in collaboration with Procurement Analysts to manage complex spending areas effectively.
- Ensure sourcing activities adhere to relevant company policies and guidelines, coordinating with functions like Legal, HR, and Finance.
- Drive global and regional RFI/RFQ/RFP projects, evaluating vendors and managing implementation through Procurement technology platforms.
- Coordinate cross-functionally to mitigate supplier risks and maintain consistency in value and quality.
- Support the adoption of Procurement processes, procedures, and technology through collaboration with the Supply Chain Center of Excellence.
- Stay updated on sourcing and category best practices and market data.
- Promote best practices in Procurement, Category Management, and Supplier Relationship across Regional Procurement Service teams.
- Establish and manage category councils across various business units and teams.
Requirements:
- 6-8 years of purchasing experience, with expertise in key purchasing processes and tender & contract management.
- Strong functional knowledge of Category Management, preferably with prior experience in HR/IT/Travel/Consulting.
- Strong business acumen to manage costs effectively and identify market and internal opportunities.
- Data-driven with strategic thinking abilities to address partner and internal/external customer needs.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Familiarity with SAP and sourcing/contracting technology.
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite.
- Strong change-management skills.
- Ability to lead and participate in cross-functional, team-oriented environments.
- Proficiency in stakeholder management, interacting effectively with various levels of leadership internally and externally.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
- Experience in managing business improvement projects within a Supply Chain and Procurement environment is advantageous.
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