**Date**:Feb 6, 2025**Location**: Barcelona, ES**Company**:AkzoNobel**About AkzoNobel**Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands - including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon - is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today - while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.© 2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.**Barcelona**:**Category Manager Logistics EMEA**This position is **responsible for AkzoNobel's logistics sourcing and category management for a selection of sub-categories in a geographical area** (country, sub-region, region), including sourcing strategies deployment, spend management, supplier base management and performance improvement, ensuring lowest TCO level, and providing regional or logistics sub-category market and supplier management expertise to AkzoNobel to ensure uninterrupted and timely supply against optimum & benchmarked costs based on agreed business requirements.**About the role**:Implementing sourcing activities in the assigned geographical area or sub-category in alignment with the global category’s objectives and ALPS (Akzonobel Leading Performance System) Source processes, such as:- Deploying applicable local/regional sourcing strategies or contributing to global sourcing strategies definition (global SSMs) as the local/regional sourcing representative,- Supplier selection, negotiation and QDCIS improvement for his/her portfolio- Responsible for the supplier relationship management in his/her area of responsibility, ensuring mutually beneficial supplier relationships and collaboration at all organizational levels.- Responsible for contract management: contract development, approval, implementation and maintenance.- Acting as key-interface between sourcing and logistics teams (supplier innovation pipeline optimization, contribution to New Product Introduction support, VE projects generation)- Represent the global category in regional cross-functional forums and programs (Eg. IBP, NPI, CM management, regional procurement programs and reviews)**About you**:- **5 years experience**in a **procurement, supply chain, purchasing, or sourcing function**with relevant experience in **negotiating and managing suppliers.**:- Degree in Supply Chain or other relevant discipline or equivalent qualification- Relevant **experience in negotiating, contracting and managing Logistics in different parts of the region**and the different sub-segments of Logistics (Transport - Road / Sea / Air / Expedite & Warehousing)- Experience in deploying sourcing strategies and integrating into supplier strategies is a plus.- Must have a strong command and understanding of fundamental analytical techniques, and ability to accurately draw conclusions and interpret data. Six Sigma certification is a plus.- Proven success in driving supplier cost, quality and delivery performance improvement programs.- Relevant international and cross-cultural management experience- Good communication and influencing skills.- Performance driven**What we offer**:- Join a growing multinational company.- Stable project.- Adaptable remuneration.- Professional and personal development in a dynamic environment.- Access to training platforms.- #LI-VO2_- #LI-Hybrid _At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.Requisition ID: 44008