Category Manager, Direct Procurement- Maternity Cover (12 months)

Are you passionate about category management and strategic supplier management? Can you picture yourself in an informal, and highly professional strategic procurement team working to unlock commercial potential and bring value to a purpose driven business within a challenging direct spend area?

If yes, then you are the Category Manager we are looking for. Put your drive and desire for creating results to the test and play an integral part in executing on and ensuring the success of our Procurement ambition. 

About the department
At Coloplast, you will join 28 experienced and engaged colleagues in Corporate Procurement at our HQ in Humlebæk. Here, you will be part of the Direct Procurement team consisting of Category Mangers and report directly to the Head of Category Management for Direct Spend, Corporate Procurement. You will join a team consisting of 6 highly skilled Category Managers and supported by corporate functions such as Lead negotiators, Partnership Managers for pipeline projects. We work closely with our procurement colleagues located in Hungary, Costa Rica, and China. Here, you will play a key role in our continued efforts to bring value to the organization.

The position
As Category Manager your primary focus is to drive and execute commercial and strategic aspects of assigned suppliers within specific categories of raw materials feeding into our global production footprint. We strive to be valued partners for the business, always taking their needs and input into account when seeking solutions and opportunities with our external suppliers. Your main responsibilities will be to:

•    Source, negotiate, and optimize cost for your suppliers. This includes working closely with the line of business such as in R&D, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Product Support to define business requirements, diligently evaluate cost drivers, and be responsible for supplier selection processes.
•    Be responsible for strategic supplier relationships, including facilitating Business Reviews with your suppliers, and driving the yearly category planning process within the category.
•    Work with development and implementation of the strategic direction setting for the categories including sourcing activities and other strategic initiatives for your suppliers.
•    Update and ensure the appropriate contractual terms and conditions are in place with your suppliers to ensure continuous improvement, seamless supply, and quality at the most optimal conditions.
•    Conduct relevant change-management activities to ensure that your results are anchored in the organization.
•    Manage the needs and expectations of your stakeholders to obtain results with our suppliers, while ensuring compliance with procurement standards in alignment with the category strategy.
•    Lead or participate in ad hoc projects, strategic initiatives, and planning activities within Corporate Procurement.

Qualifications
The right candidate for us is someone with a foundation in Procurement, stakeholder-minded, and with a strong commercial acumen. You will be working cross-functionally with a wide array of stakeholders on multiple levels where you represent the commercial agenda and owner of the supplier relationship. 

We expect you to be able to grasp the details, while maintaining the bigger strategic picture. Moreover, you think both innovatively and can take the lead in commercial activities where required. With your result-driven approach, you like to challenge the status quo using your curiosity and excitement.

Furthermore, we imagine that you: 
•    Are structured, data driven, and can convert information into a clear communication to stakeholders at multiple levels, verbally as well as in presentation format
•    Have a strategic mindset and plans for the future
•    Great stakeholder management skills
•    Have solid negotiation skills and contract knowledge with a proven track record of results
•    Have category management experience 
•    Potentially already have a background with sourcing of raw materials
•    Hold a relevant master’s degree, e.g. Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business or similar
•    Are proficient in English both written and verbally
•    Have the ability to travel up to 25 travel days per year

Interested? 
At Coloplast, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates because we believe that our different perspectives, backgrounds, and attitudes are what enable us to make the best decisions for Coloplast and meet the needs of the wonderfully diverse marketplace we operate in.

If you have questions or are curious for more information, then please do not hesitate to contact Head of Category Management, Corporate Procurement, Maria Karlebo on +45 4911 1649. This position will remain open until a suitable candidate has been found.
 

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

Visit us on Coloplast.com.

Watch the film. Follow us on LinkedIn. Like us on Facebook.

58833
#LI-CO