Experteer Overview
As Category Manager, you define and execute end-to-end strategies to optimize total cost of ownership, risk, and supplier performance across assigned spend. You operate as the commercial owner of your categories, delivering value beyond price through innovation and resilience. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to align plans with business goals and drive performance improvements. This role combines strategic sourcing, market insight, and analytics to support sustainable growth and procurement transformation.
Compensaciones / Incentivos
• Develop and implement end-to-end category strategies aligned with business, operational, and financial goals
• Analyze spend, market dynamics and supply risks to identify cost-saving and resilience opportunities
• Lead strategic sourcing activities including RFPs, negotiations, supplier selection, and contract implementation
• Support supplier relationship management, performance reviews, and continuous improvement with Supplier Managers
• Partner with internal stakeholders to align category plans with business needs
• Drive contract compliance negotiations and value realisation from agreements
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, localisation, dual sourcing, or innovation
• Monitor and report category KPIs (cost savings, cost avoidance, supplier performance, risk, service levels)
• Ensure adherence to procurement policies, ethical standards and regulatory requirements
• Support transformation initiatives such as digital procurement tools, supplier rationalisation, or ESG objectives
Responsabilidades
• 8+ years in category management, strategic sourcing, product management, engineering, or sales within metal or machining industry
• Proven experience leading negotiations and managing complex categories
• Strong commercial and financial acumen with ability to translate data into actions
• Experience with ERP systems and spend analytics tools (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Power BI)
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority
• Strategic thinking and structured problem solving
• Negotiation and contract management
• Driven decision making
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Risk management and supply market analysis
• Project management and prioritisation
• Clear communication and executive-level presentation skills
• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken
Requisitos principales
• competitive salary
• variety of benefits