The Global Category Manager is responsible to manage their supplier commodity panel with a robust financial QCD performance orientation
Key Responsibilities
- Develop the regional and global strategies of the panel under their responsibility. Enforce group and local conditions as required
- Develop and present the short / medium / long term action plan of their commodity that meets the objectives of the Industry Procurement performance strategy
- Provide market data on their category for the Sector
- Global reference for the Sector on their categories
- Accountable to present Category Roadmap up to date on 6M Rolling base
- Coordinate volume /planned productivity discounts for their global commodity panel
- Participate actively in the budget preparation of their commodity savings performance
- Participate actively in the LTP and budget preparation with regional Procurement Heads and Industry CPO
- Review supplier performance monitoring (scorecard, escalations, panel inputs/outputs)
- Develop and maintain the relationship with key panel suppliers,



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- Lead and propose cost optimization actions including VAVE, Make or Buy and other levers as needed. Manage the associated negotiations and lead the Sourcing coordination
- Develop savings actions road map for the panel under their responsibility and share / support the Lead Buyers community associated on savings actions
- Animate the Lead Buyers community associated on their categories and project
- Manage annual and globalization negotiations
- Finalize the project buyer s negotiation (level 2) when needed
- Provide project buyers with a structured panel for their Category
- Support management of series crisis actions (supply of product, quality issues, etc.)
- Ensure the conformity / validity of purchasing data recorded in ERP and reported in Valua
- Other duties as assigned

Education & Experience
- Master in Business and or Engineering with emphasis or experience

📌 Assistant Chief Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 John Cockerill
📍 Mumbai