Category Manager Direct Materials Europe
We are a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals with a unique culture of innovation. Our utmost importance is attached to promoting individual ideas and abilities as well as open, trusting interaction.
As Regional Category Manager for Direct Materials in Europe, you will lead the handling of non-core commodity groups and materials within your region, support divisional category manager in strategy development and execution, and act as cross-functional facilitator.
* Demonstrate ownership for savings and assigned targets such as supply security, supply chain resilience or innovation sustainability, inclusive of identifying cost reduction and optimization levers within the category.
* Establish continuous close collaboration within defined categories with business stakeholders on strategy and priorities.
* Create internal spend transparency for materials and suppliers within the category portfolio.
* Carry out continuous market analyses to identify alternative suppliers, new developments and trends as well as improved solutions.
* Perform tenders and conduct negotiations within defined categories at the divisional level.
* Provide regular transparency on category performance versus targets, including risk management and opportunities.
* Oversee strategic suppliers and integrate them into demand and specification management and innovation processes.
You must possess strong negotiation and communication skills as well as confident and congenial manner and enjoy working in interface functions and international teams. Key competencies include high self-motivation, structured solution-oriented working style, proactive hands-on mentality with ability to work in team, SAP R/3 and MS Office proficiency, and fluent written and spoken business English.
In our company, you will experience pleasant-sized operations where employees get to know each other personally and exchange ideas, short information and decision-making paths, comprehensive further education and training offers, flexible working hours with flextime, impressive compensation with good employee benefits and pension plans.