Global CAPEX Category Lead: Sourcing & Value

Etex; Zaventem; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Etex is seeking a Global Category Manager CAPEX & CAPEX-Related Services to lead the global CAPEX procurement strategy across divisions and countries. You will shape category roadmaps, drive supplier partnerships and governance, and deliver value through disciplined execution.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Operations and Finance, build a high‑performing category team, and use SAP/Ariba/Power BI to improve transparency and outcomes across the manufacturing footprint.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Procurement, category management, or strategic sourcing with strong exposure to CAPEX, engineering, construction, or CAPEX‑related services.
• Proven track record of developing and implementing global category strategies across multiple countries or business units.
• Demonstrated success leading complex sourcing programmes and high‑value commercial negotiations.
• Advanced expertise in CAPEX procurement, contracting models, commercial risk management, and project execution.
• Proven experience driving CAPEX efficiency through best‑cost‑country sourcing, specification challenge, standardisation, and supplier optimisation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience partnering closely with Engineering, Operations, Finance, and senior business leaders.
• Proven ability to lead teams and influence stakeholders within an international matrix organisation.
• Advanced knowledge of total cost of ownership (TCO), financial value tracking, and benefits realisation.
• Strong supplier performance, supplier relationship, and risk management capabilities.
• Advanced strategic sourcing, commercial judgement, and negotiation skills, combined with a results‑driven and accountable leadership approach.

Responsibilities

• Define, execute, and continuously improve the global CAPEX and CAPEX-related services category strategy and roadmap.
• Lead change and adoption as part of the Buying Better Together program.
• Support implementation of the future Procurement operating model and governance framework.
• Establish category governance, decision rights and accountability across divisions and countries.
• Drive benefits realization and Finance-validated value delivery.
• Strengthen strategic supplier relationship management, innovation and executive engagement.
• Leverage SAP, Ariba, Power BI and AI-enabled Procurement tools to improve transparency and category performance.
• Translate business, engineering, and operational priorities into sourcing strategies, supplier frameworks, and contracting models.
• Ensure early Procurement involvement in investment planning, project pipelines, and key sourcing decisions.
• Lead cross‑functional and cross‑divisional category teams to align requirements, challenge demand, and drive implementation.
• Build and manage a value‑creation pipeline delivering savings, cost avoidance, CAPEX efficiency, and productivity benefits.
• Lead complex global sourcing initiatives, supplier selection processes, and high‑value commercial negotiations.
• Apply total cost of ownership principles, demand management, standardization, and best‑cost‑country sourcing strategies.
• Establish and govern Procurement requirements, contracting standards, and commercial controls throughout major CAPEX projects.
• Develop and manage strategic supplier relationships, performance programs, innovation initiatives, and risk mitigation plans.
• Lead, coach, and develop the central category team while providing functional leadership to regional and local Procurement teams.

Skills

Procurement

Category management

Strategic sourcing

CAPEX experience

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Supplier management

TCO / value tracking

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Power BI

AI in procurement

Job description

Etex is seeking a Global Category Manager CAPEX & CAPEX-Related Services to lead the global CAPEX procurement strategy across divisions and countries. You will shape category roadmaps, drive supplier partnerships and governance, and deliver value through disciplined execution.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Operations and Finance, build a high‑performing category team, and use SAP/Ariba/Power BI to improve transparency and outcomes across the manufacturing footprint.