Category Manager (m/f/d)
- Leads RFx events from concept to contract closure and handover to the budget holder/service owners
- Develop procurement plans and gather requirements, evaluate opportunities for improvement and identify internal strategies/trends; validate baseline spend
- Regularly perform strategic analysis of the category spend, market segmentation, market trends and other influencing factors that feed into a documented Opportunity Analysis Reports and Source Plans
- Review, update and refine the strategy and plan in line with the strategic objectives and changes in market conditions
- Manage supplier relationships, including conducting regularly scheduled strategic supplier review meetings with supplier
- Execute competitive bid processes via RFx
- Classify suppliers and establish a performance review team to develop performance improvement plans and evaluate progress against plan
- Develop replacement and transition plans in case of supplier replacement and resourcing
- Direct management or oversight of all supply contracts within the category, including the identification of alternative vendors, supplier performance monitoring, reporting and intervention
- Drive the global sourcing policy and compliance within the stakeholder group
- Ownership of Vendor Identification and the Master Data Governance (MDG) process on both local and global vendors
- Collaborate with the Global Procurement teams to release synergies as identified
- Extensive experience in Sourcing
- Experience of stakeholder management in a complex decentralized global environment
- Bachelor degree in Business or Supply Chain or a technical discipline relevant to the products
- Solid procurement/supply management experience
- Purchasing Management Certification (ISM/CPM, CIPS) preferred
- Experience of the full range of Procurement tools, techniques and accountabilities ranging from supplier management, category analysis; buying and handling
- Demonstrated experience in successfully negotiating complex supply agreements
- Strong negotiation, communication, and presentation skills
- A team player, with experience Working in a multi-national, multi-cultural environment across time-zones with virtual teams
- Fluent German and Business English Language
- Attractive working environment
- Exciting tasks
- Accompanying Hays throughout the entire recruitment process
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