Regional Category Manager - Chemicals

This is a fantastic opportunity with a Global 500 organisation, based in Amsterdam, for an ambitious Chemicals Category Manager, who will bring a strategic, company-wide sourcing perspective to the management of a complex, global supply chain and the associated supplier relationships. Your sourcing leadership and experience will help our client's continued development of a best in class organisation.

The role purpose is to ensure the sourcing of a specific range of chemicals at the best possible TCO, The Regional Category Manager Chemicals participates in all relevant commercial discussions with suppliers related to specific products (within own area); owns and drives regular business review meetings with suppliers; drives multiple source qualifications and provides price provisioning on product level during budgeting / business case phase.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Managing assigned category in region by leading cross-functional and cross-regional team
• Accountability for results at regional level
• Acting as interface with countries (communications to countries and from the countries will be done through the Regional Category Manager)
• Implementing category strategy on OpCo/Business level
• Tailoring category strategy to needs of Division, defining Division priorities and aligning priorities with countries
• Leading Country Category Manager with country or regional processes
• Developing and managing relationship with key suppliers in the category
• Driving the realization of savings, efficiency, quality, and process improvements
• Translating category and supplier strategies into executable sourcing plans based on actual portfolio demands
• Liaising with Global Category Manager for the anticipation and handling of changes based on supply market dynamics

LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Autonomy to innovate and deliver new approaches that impact the bottom and the top line
• Grow in a fast-pace environment where every day is day one
• Being surrounded by inspiring and diverse individuals
• Learn from people with a wide variety of professional backgrounds
• High degree of travel and exposure to international projects
• Ability to develop new skills and opportunities through lateral, geographical or functional moves

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Degree in Business or Technical field, Master's would be an advantage
• You have extensive experience in strategic sourcing within both the chemicals category, and relevant industries
• You have the ability to make decisions wherever and whenever possible using large data-sets
• You simplify and always encourage others to innovate, changing inefficient or unnecessarily complex processes
• 8 years of Procurement experience in international setting and 3 years of People Management experience
• Recent experience in managing the Chemicals Category in a large complex multi-country organization
• Fluent written and verbal English is a must, other languages are considered a plus