Global Category Manager (m/f/d) - Compounding materials - Porto

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Porto, Portugal

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23. 06. 2025

07. 08. 2025

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Job Description

Category Strategy:

Build up and maintain portfolio strategy in line with the BA needs and define a well balanced portfolio to minimize risk, to ensure flexibility, to get an advantage position on the supplier market.
Define, deliver and update a Sourcing List.
Identify and onboard new potential suppliers where the need is identified
Identify any value improvement activities and steer implementation.
To present and align the strategies with BA stakeholders

Commercial:

To handle all negotiations at the Category Supplier
To negotiate and maintain necessary global contracts
To support Advance Purchasing with complex / difficult negotiations
Manage suppliers in representation of the BA
Support Region Purchasing for Quality, Supply and Commercial escalation
Trouble shooting: Support the plants as next escalation level in case of supply problems (quality or delivery)

Reporting:

Qualifications

Bachelor degree; in exceptional cases an equivalent professional experience
At least several years in Purchasing, thereof a few yearsin automotive
Strong Purchasing Portfolio Handling (Strategy, Supplier List, Market Know How, Portfolio Analyse, Forecast) & Contractualization
Negotiation experience : RFQ, Offer analyse and comparison, Negotiation
Ability to work whitin a remote team
Project Management experience is a plus
Functional or project leadership experience is a plus
Several years exposure to international business
Experience of living abroad is a plus
Fluent English and good German language skills is a plus (written and spoken)
Business trip to be expected (up to 30% of working time max)

Additional Information

What we offer:

Lunch Allowance: in line with local regulation
Flexibility -Flexible schedule, hybrid work.
Home-Office -Employees received 1, 00€ net for each Home-Office day, paid monthly.
Work Abroad -Possibility to work abroad within the EU for 20+20 days per year (two different countries).
Vacation days - 22 days per year + 3 extra days the following year (considering absenteeism). Seniority days added starting from 3 years in the company.
Referral Bonus -A bonus of 500€ or 750€ (depending on the seniority of the candidate) is paid for each referral.

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