This role supports regional and global sourcing initiatives, purchasing materials based on specifications, price, and delivery. Key responsibilities include developing sourcing strategies, negotiating with suppliers, managing contracts, and onboarding new suppliers. The position requires ensuring purchasing activities align with corporate policies.
Category Specialist
Job Summary:
Support regional/global sourcing initiatives either under the leadership of a regional/global category manager or independently if under a defined threshold. Purchase materials according to required technical specifications, price, delivery schedule and terms. Ensure purchasing activities align with corporate purchasing policies and procedures.
Main Accountabilities:
Sourcing strategy
- Supports the development and implementation of regional/global sourcing strategies in close alignment with the regional/global Category leader.
Negotiations
- Negotiates agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews pricelists, terms and conditions.
Excellence
- Runs benchmark studies for the category team and for specific sourcing initiatives.
Contract Management
- Creates local contract amendments to frame agreements on behalf of a country and updates/maintains frame contracts.
Support
- Supports regional/global sourcing initiatives within a defined set of categories, working closely with key stakeholders to implement regional category strategies.
Supplier performance
- On-boards new suppliers in close collaboration with the respective local buyer and runs regular supplier evaluations and provides supplier reports to Businesses and Category Managers.
Orders
- Runs regional sourcing initiatives under a defined threshold.
- Initiates purchase orders (PO) in the system, according to the Purchase Requisitions and in alignment with standard procedures, and confirms delivery with suppliers, monitors and tracks supplier performance to purchase order requirements.
Communication
- Fosters communication internally, externally, and between businesses and supports the implementation of PL activities and initiatives in the Region/Country through this clear communication.