Global Category Manager

These tasks await you:

• Build up and maintain portfolio strategy in line with the BA needs and define a well-balanced portfolio; to minimize risk, to ensure flexibility, to get an advantage position on the supplier market;
• Define, deliver and update a Sourcing List;
• Identify and onboard new potential suppliers where the need is identified;
• Identify any value improvement activities and steer implementation;
• Present and align the strategies with BA stakeholders;
• Handle all negotiations at the Category Supplier; 
• Negotiate and maintain necessary global contracts;
• Support Advance Purchasing with complex / difficult negotiations;
• Manage suppliers in representant of the BA;
• Support Region Purchasing for Quality, Supply and Commercial escalation;
• Conduct market survey for the category of Investment in the Region;
• Support the plants as the next escalation level in case of supply problems (quality or delivery);
• Share market situation with stakeholders;
• Report categories performance in a regular base;
• Forecast expected price development;