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Registration number: 40103767958
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Category Manager
Are you an experienced Category Manager looking for your next global challenge? Join Teknos and drive sustainable growth in global procurement! Send your CV in English!
As a Category Manager you will play a pivotal role in advancing Teknos global business and improving profitability through Sourcing roadmap. You will be responsible for implementing and refining a global sourcing strategy, processes, and policies across Teknos functions and countries.
This role entails managing our Professional Services category in collaboration with a cross-functional team, overseeing supplier relationships, and negotiating optimal terms. You will also work towards sustainable sourcing targets and contribute to sustainability projects, including CO2 Scope 3 emission targets reporting and improvement.
This is a global role, located in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania and available within a hybrid work mode, providing regular visits to one of our local offices.
Daily tasks and responsibilities:
- Promote, implement and further develop sourcing process for Professional Services on a global level
- Measure and follow-up KPI metrics within own category
- Participate in sourcing tool development projects and proactively seek further opportunities to improve existing processes and tools
- Develop the category and participate leading the category team
- Develop and run projects in own area related to the Sourcing Road map
- Manage global tenders for Teknos, including creation of tender materials, analysis of suppliers and savings
- Manage relations with suppliers
- Implement and negotiate supplier agreements across own category
- Develop supplier performance (audits, OTD and other KPI follow-up, sustainability, total cost of ownership, working capital)
- Assure that the suppliers within own category are compliant to Teknos CSR program and meet the set sustainability metrics
- Foster collaboration across Teknos Sourcing category teams within own area of responsibility
- Offer sourcing and contract expertise to internal stakeholders and act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on sourcing processes, new projects, and activities across Teknos
- Responsible for proactive cooperation with variety of functions and relevant stakeholders across Teknos countries, including but not limited to Supply Chain, HR, Sales, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, and other relevant departments
- Responsible for compliance with reporting requirements set by Teknos and the authorities
Key skills and qualifications:
- Several years experience within a similar role, with sourcing related tasks in global industrial environment
- Ability to understand the complete value chain from suppliers to customers and support adequately all parts of the organization
- Experience of sourcing processes within indirect categories is essential, preferably within professional services area
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage with diverse personalities and cultures across global environment
- Customer service minded with a dose of influencing skills
- A customer-focused approach combined with the ability to influence and drive outcomes effectively
- Project management experience
- Development oriented and innovative, LEAN-capabilities would be an advantage
- Strong work ethic, ability to be proactive and goal-oriented
- Good knowledge of MS O365, ERP-system (IFS knowledge is a benefit), web-shop platforms
- A degree in technology or economics as formal education
- Excellent language skills in English
€
2700 - 3400
Location
- Rīga, Latvia
Time of work
- Full-time
Contact person
TEKNOS SIA
TEKNOS SIA
Registration number: 40103767958
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