Associate Category Manager

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The Associate Category Manager is responsible for leading and supporting projects across multiple Indirect Procurement categories (FM&S, R&L, Marketing). The role works closely with Global Category Managers and Line of Business stakeholders, acting as an internal Procurement/Procurement consultant.
Key accountabilities include:
Lead and support Procurement, optimization, and implementation projects across Indirect Procurement categories.
Ensure successful project implementation, communication, and change management.
Apply Indirect Procurement best practices within strategic Procurement and project management, including project initiation, execution, control, and implementation.
Analyse market conditions, assess opportunities within defined project scopes, prepare business cases, and report on synergies achieved.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, Procurement colleagues, and finance to identify and drive savings with a strong focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
Support negotiations with suppliers together with Global and Category Managers, aligning initiatives to optimize Total Cost of Ownership.
Drive and support initiatives under Procurement Operational Excellence programs, Must Win Battles/Most Valuable Projects (MWBs/MVPs), Sustainability, and other strategic initiatives.
Communicate the Procurement agenda and ensure continued realization of benefits achieved through project activities.
Implement new processes and contracts and conduct relevant change management activities to anchor results in the organization.
Deliver on individual business targets and KPIs and contribute to overall Global Indirect Procurement KPIs and strategic ambitions.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities
Support or lead Procurement and optimization projects across Indirect Procurement.
Drive and support implementation initiatives to ensure benefit realization, including performance measurement, hyper-care activities, and identification of continued optimization opportunities.
Actively apply and communicate the Strategic Procurement Methodology.
Support or drive global strategic initiatives and ensure implementation into relevant regions.
Proactively participate in relevant workgroups (e.g., Sustainability, Technology).
Collaborate openly with peers across Procurement and P2P (e.g., BUY_APAC, Proc. Excellence, Business Finance) to enable operational excellence.
Stakeholder Engagement
Ensure strong stakeholder engagement through effective project management and proactive collaboration.
Align closely with Global Category Managers and peers to support global alignment, cross-functional collaboration, and process development.
Daily Operations
Ensure effective usage of Procurement tools and contribute to continuous improvements of tools, processes, and templates (e.g., NPP, Sievo analytics, savings verification, SPM, e-Procurement tools, CLM).
Deliver on defined KPIs, individual business targets, and Individual Development Plan (IDP).
Contribute positively to team culture and social collaboration across the organization.
Our purpose guides the way
In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.
Opportunities for everyone
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We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.
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Work arrangement
Hybrid