Our client, a Leading Global Specialist in Energy Management and Automation, is seeking a skilled International Industrial Procurement & Category Management Expert to lead the Industrial Means (E5) and Industrial Supplies (E6) categories across the international region.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead Industrial Means (E5) and Industrial Supplies (E6) category strategy across the International region, managing approximately €60M annual spend.
- Develop and implement global and cross-regional procurement strategies in collaboration with Regional Procurement, Supply Chain and Business Units.
- Manage strategic supplier relationships, drive supplier consolidation, and expand preferred supplier coverage across categories.
- Negotiate multi-year commercial frameworks covering pricing, volume discounts, service rates, lead times, spare parts and warranty terms.
- Drive cost savings, cost avoidance and productivity improvements through sourcing initiatives, benchmarking and specification optimization.
- Challenge consumption, specifications and over-engineering to identify opportunities for cost and demand optimization.
- Develop alternative and regional sourcing models,
including Asia-for-Global sourcing for MRO and PPE categories.
- Provide Regional Procurement teams with category strategies, benchmarks, supplier intelligence, should-cost models and negotiation playbooks.
- Partner with Procurement Operations and Global Procurement Services to improve procurement efficiency and implement catalogues and procurement programs.
- Act as a key stakeholder SPOC for high-stakes sites, plants and organizations, ensuring effective deployment of procurement strategies.