Category Manager & Team Leader, Nordic Fleet

Lead NCC's Nordic Fleet transformation and drive strategic category management across the Nordics.

Are you a procurement leader ready to elevate your career? Do you excel in leading effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, act with care and passion, and communicate clearly to ensure outstanding performance? If so, then join us in building top class procurement that ensures that NCC wins and delivers profitable customer projects. Submit your application today!   

As Category Manager & Team Leader, you will combine strategic category responsibility with the leadership of our Nordic Fleet team. You will take on a dynamic role that operates at both strategic and tactical levels. You will lead to set and implement a future-oriented strategy in collaboration with other business areas that is fully aligned with business strategy and allowing NCC to be seen as a preferred customer by our suppliers. 

The role and key responsibilities  

In the role of Category Manager & Team Leader, you will lead a Nordic Fleet team of six colleagues located across Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The team is responsible for NCC’s company-wide fleet of several thousand vehicles, including both service vehicles and company cars. The role combines day-to-day leadership - supporting the team, setting priorities and coordinating operational activities - with the strategic responsibility to develop Fleet into a more integrated Nordic function. 

You work closely with the business and lead category strategies according to NCC’s strategic direction. You will be a central partner in the organization and collaborate with internal teams as well as external suppliers to ensure an efficient, high-quality, and sustainable supplier base. 

An important part of the role is to lead the ongoing transformation of Fleet. This includes developing common Nordic ways of working, processes and governance, as well as taking responsibility for supplier agreements, policies and the strategic direction of the category. You will create structure for the team, support colleagues in their work and ensure that priorities and improvement initiatives are translated into execution. 

A key part of the role is to act as a change leader across the organization. You will drive transformation, implement new ways of working, and ensure adoption of category strategies in a complex, matrix-based environment. Success in the role requires the ability to set direction, create engagement and bring both the team and key stakeholders with you through change. 

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies that support NCC’s business and long-term goals. 
• Lead the Nordic Fleet team, including day-to-day support, prioritization and coordination of the team’s work.
•  Develop the team and drive the transition towards common Nordic processes, responsibilities and ways of working. 
• Own and develop relevant Nordic supplier agreements, policies and governance within the category. 
• Build and develop strong supplier relationships through Supplier Relationship Management. 
• Analyze market trends, conduct risk assessments, and provide insights and recommendations. 
• Ensure the use of category strategies and framework agreements across the organization.
• Follow up on KPIs. 
• Maintain Group-level routines for inventory and asset visibility and follow-up across NCC.

About Purchasing at NCC  

NCC Purchasing is a network of professionals across the company. We handle everything from project purchasing and supplier base development to strategic sourcing and category management. Collaboration between our teams is key to delivering successful customer projects. You will join the Category Managment Team.