Hybrid Global Category Manager – IT & Telecom

at Trivium Packaging

• Job title: Global Category Manager – IT & Telecom
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ERP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Budapest, Hungary

About the role

• IT Category Manager creating and managing purchasing strategy for IT categories at Trivium Packaging. Focused on strategic sourcing, supplier negotiation, and contract management.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for ensuring delivery against the overall and individual Procurement Targets defined for the organisation and the assigned category
• Accountable for consolidating supplier, market, category and internal business data and information to form the Category Strategy and run sourcing activities
• Accountable for developing and implementing a cohesive, business-aligned long-term Category Strategy at both the category and sub-category level
• Accountable for developing and communicating Category Plans for key areas of the category
• Responsible for the communication of the final Category Strategy and Category Plans to the relevant stakeholders
• Accountable for ensuring the resources, information and tools are in place for project execution throughout the category
• Owns the key supplier relationship and defines governance process.
• Accountable for ensuring robust contractual arrangements are in place for the category
• Accountable for the development of the “Category Playbook” to summarize the strategy, to communicate key contacts and suppliers and to guide the best practice approach to operational buying
• Accountable for monitoring compliance and adherence to Trivium Procurement policies and procedures
• Responsible for ensuring internal issues are addressed and resolved on a timely manner
• Actively drive integration of Procurement in core business processes, ensure the implementation of Procurement governance model and ensure consistency with the Trivium requirements and standards
• Assess and manage risks across the Procurement categories while developing and contributing to a risk strategy for the categories together with mitigating actions
• Manage contracts throughout their entire lifecycle including all changes, variations and claim management
• Build strong relationships with key suppliers to negotiate more innovative and beneficial contractual agreements and service levels
• Manage negotiation process, content and results
• Lead the negotiation team to define the desired outcome of a negotiation
• Identify stakeholders; understand and interpret their current and future needs and manage their expectations.
• Give advice and build long-term value partnerships
• Establish cross-functional teams to negotiate and implement improved service delivery
• Collaborate closely with relevant departments to ensure understanding and compliance with key procurement strategies and policies
• Track and report savings, monitor TCO improvement as well as working capital improvement using the tracking tools in place in line with Procurement Savings Definition
• Provide periodic and ad hoc reports and forecasts on performance against plan and potential in following up on KPIs and reporting on trends

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• 8-10 years of experience in strategic procurement, with a strong focus on indirect categories.
• Multiple years of experience in managing complex stakeholder environments.
• Reputable Negotiation Training Certification
• Ability to develop high impact sourcing strategies.
• Exhibits thought leadership
• Solid analytical skills.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Thorough understanding of sales/marketing practices
• Ability to develop actionable recommendations and implementation plans
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong management skills, with emphasis on people development
• Solid knowledge of contracting principles and ability to draft key contractual terms independently.
• Demonstrated world class supplier relationship skills.
• Outstanding cross-functional leadership skills; viewed as credible by business unit/functional leaders
• Strong financial and business acumen
• Customer oriented mindset & exceptional at teamwork
• Solid MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) skills
• Languages: Fluency in English is a must
• Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, Ariba, Coupa) is a benefit

Benefits

• Flexibility and home office - here you can find real work life blend
• Attractive yearly cafeteria
• Comprehensive private medical health insurance
• Free language courses
• Soft & hard skill trainings
• All You Can Move possibility
• Inspiring office environment in a center location of Budapest
• A company culture, where we are proud of each other, and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly appreciated
• A community where you can freely share your own creative ideas and suggestions to create a better world