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Category Manager, Indirect Purchasing for Business Services (maternity cover) (m/f)

jobbeskrivelse:

Are you an experienced negotiator within Business Services? Then here is your opportunity to become our new Category Manager in Grundfos Indirect Purchasing.

What do we offer?

Do you have experience with negotiating and designing global contracts with indirect suppliers related to the areas of Business Services (Management Consultants, Development Consultants, etc.)? Here is your chance to gain an international network and be our lead negotiator and driver of defining future supplier concepts in a global organisation. You get to work across cultures and companies to influence our future sourcing strategy and take responsibility for the portfolio of indirect suppliers related to the areas of Business Services. This covers marketing agencies, translation, printed materials and advertising, as well as suppliers of Business services.

You will join the team Indirect Purchasing, where we are currently 9 colleagues responsible for sourcing of indirect products and services. We are part of a Global Purchasing, where the majority of the Indirect Purchasing team is based in Denmark, two colleagues are based in Hungary and one in Germany. Other Purchasing colleagues are also based at various locations around Europe. In Indirect Purchasing, you join an ambitious team, where your efforts and ability to create results make a difference and will have a direct business impact. You refer to the Head of Indirect Purchasing Ninna Helles, who is also based in Denmark (Ninna is currently on maternity leave, therefore Group VP Purchasing, Klavs Hornum is acting as interim Head of Indirect Purchasing).

“We are a team with ambitions to take Indirect Purchasing to an even higher level. We strive to improve our processes and we are proud of adding value to the business of Grundfos by ensuring optimal prices and commercial terms. Everything we do is centred around partnerships and competitiveness, and we work closely together with internal stakeholders,” Klavs says.

 

What is the job about?

As a Category Manager for Business Services, you will be responsible for development and execution of the strategy for suppliers and supplier concepts related to these business areas. To do this you need to work closely together with the key stakeholders, as well as with local indirect purchasers and stakeholders in our production and sales companies.

It is your responsibility to:

• Ensure an optimal supplier portfolio;
• Identify cost optimization opportunities both locally, regionally and globally;
• Execute cost optimization projects at regional and global level;
• Support cost optimization projects locally;
• Consolidate suppliers and challenge existing structures and solutions;
• Identify concepts and execute to ensure implementation;
• Continuously optimize cost, commercial terms and supplier structures.

Moreover, you identify main cost drivers and conduct relevant benchmarks, just as you analyse spending to identify savings potential and to consider and compare total cost scenarios.

To succeed in this position requires close co-operation with internal stakeholders, who know the business strategy for their business units and therefore define the requirements and demands. It is therefore important for you to understand those business strategies, needs and requirements, while you also have the courage, knowledge and foundation to challenge internal stakeholders concerning habits, existing solutions and concepts.

Your primary supplier portfolio will consist of suppliers related to Business Services providing various services or offerings to Grundfos. This could be management consultancies, product development projects, technology service providers etc.

You will act as a Business Partner for the business area, managing and optimizing the supplier portfolio business related to your sourcing area.

“It is important that you continuously follow the trends and market development within your area of responsibility to be able to consider relevant benchmarks, market trends and cost drivers. Also, you need to be able to challenge both internal stakeholders and suppliers and be ambitious when you negotiate,” Klavs explains.

 

What do you need to apply?

• You have a first experience in a similar position in an international company, where you have gained knowledge of both supplier structures and concepts.
• You can optimize both suppliers and processes across organizational units.
• You have a relevant commercial Master or Bachelors’ Degree.
• You are a skilled and confident negotiator and have experience with managing an international supplier portfolio.
• You are an expert within the use of e-sourcing tools and understand how to balance the use of these with other means of communication.
• You aim at creating results and do not settle with least acceptable and dare to challenge existing concepts and solutions.
• You have experience with defining and execution of sourcing strategies.
• You are good at building and developing relations and you dare to challenge previous beliefs and traditions, if it can lead to new and unexplored opportunities beneficial to Grundfos.
• You speak and write English at professional negotiation level.

“Your experience enables you to work independently as well as think analytically, and it gives you the confidence to negotiate at a strategic level while being diplomatic and constructive, yet firm. You are used to collaborating across functional and organisational levels, and you are able to prioritise during a busy day. Finally, you easily develop and maintain trustworthy relationships and you remain structured with a focus on getting things done,” Klavs finishes.

 

Additional information

The position is a one year contract and located at our headquarters in Bjerringbro.

If you have questions or want to know more about the position, please contact the Group Vice President Purchasing, Klavs Hornum on +45 2917 2685.

If this job sounds appealing to you, please send your resume and cover letter by clicking on “Apply”. We expect interviews to be held on an on-going basis.

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

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