Job title: Global Category Manager Services in Global Procurement (m/f/d)
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Industry: Procurement/CAPEX/MRO/Engineering
My client-
I am currently working with a leading supplier of consturction chemical solutions with the outlook to build a sustainable future together! The company are currently 7,500 people strong in more than 60 countries worldwide, their ambition is to combine both technology with construction expertise to develop resolutions for their customers to be as successful and sustainble as possible. The company is very exciting at the moment and growing rapildy so this is a greta opportunity to join an already estabilished comapny with a great persepectivie on sustainabilty and the future.
Tasks-
- Conduct spend, category, market, and supplier landscape analysis for global categories
- Research and identify global potential suppliers
- Consolidate business input and Procurement requirements with suitable suppliers together with key stakeholders, prepare and issue RFPs for global category requirements
- Conduct detailed risk due of prospective suppliers and flag critical topics
- Finalize supplier contracts and manage relationships for global suppliers after onboarding throughout customer life cycle
- Evaluate and develop global key suppliers together with key stakeholders
Desired experience and qualifications:
- 5 years+ experience in a strategic Procurement roles within MRO, Capex, technical services and enginerring.
- University degree in Business Administration or comparable
- Contractual experience, with a background in technology contracts (e.g. Consultants, Temp Labor, Recruiters);
- Strong experience along the entire Source-to-Contract process with large Services suppliers
- Passion for the services supply market along with a solid commercial background
- Percussiveness, excellent analytical and communication skills and fluency in English and desirable German
Benefits:
- Great opportunity to join a sustainble company with an outlook on a better enviroment for our customers and a clar drive for the future
- Hybrid work (3 days in office, 2 days from home)
- Compettive work salary
- Exciting opportunity to progress through the company structure