Full-Time Tactical Category Manager (Europe West)

The Tactical Category Manager (m/f/diverse) role is responsible for the regional strategic sourcing of a certain material/service field and its subcategories. This role reports to the Tactical Purchasing Team Lead or Head of Tactical Purchasing Center and acts as an interface between the global cluster and the operation center. It ensures and steers the implementation of the respective integrated category strategy.

Your Job in Detail:

1. Source to Contract: Implement high-complexity tenders with Global Category Management, set alternative procurement sources, and ensure synergies through volume bundling.
2. Offer Analysis: Analyze offers, create comparisons, conduct cost and price analysis, and support savings targets.
3. Frame Contract Management: Increase cost-optimized price and framework agreements in coordination with relevant specialties and Global Integrated Category Management.
4. Category Management: Co-develop regional procurement strategies with the Global Category Manager, including sustainability aspects, and push regional strategy to achieve synergy effects.
5. Stakeholder Partnership: Act as an interface for Continental and the Purchasing Community, guide and train stakeholders, and ensure transparency in the procurement process.
6. Supplier Management: Maintain sustainable supplier relationships, conduct strategic meetings, perform annual evaluations, and lead improvement programs.
7. Project Management: Lead or participate in projects relevant to the category, within the purchasing organization or cross-functional projects.

Qualifications:

• Academic degree in business administration, engineering, or a comparable qualification.
• Initial experience in professional purchasing, with a focus on consulting, legal, finance, marketing, packaging, labeling, construction, utilities, facility management or employee services categories.
• Good knowledge of the Buildings & Construction market and its dynamically changing environment.
• Business fluent in English (written and spoken); additional regional languages preferred (German, French, Portuguese).
• Experience in purchasing processes. Strong analytical skills, assertiveness, teamwork, and result orientation.
• Good negotiating, persuasion, and communication skills.
• Affinity for working with people and strong intercultural competencies.

Up to 10% willingness to travel.

Applications from severely handicapped people are welcome.

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