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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.
Skills Required
Key Skills:
10+ years of procurement experience
Strong category management experience
Indirect procurement exposure
Industrial/MRO/engineering procurement experience
Experience managing significant spend
International/global or multi-country procurement exposure
Strong supplier negotiation experience
Strategic sourcing experience
Stakeholder management with plants/business units
Project management / project sponsorship experience
Leadership maturity and a digital mindset.
Work arrangement
Hybrid
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