Maternity Cover - Associate Category Manager, Indirect Spend

Semco Maritime; Esbjerg; On-site; DKK 600,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Semco Maritime is seeking a proactive Associate Category Manager for Indirect Spend to drive category strategies across facility management, professional services, travel, and more. The role focuses on negotiations, cost efficiencies, and promoting sustainable procurement.

Based at our Global Headquarters in Esbjerg, this full-time maternity cover lasts a minimum of 12 months and involves supporting HR, Marketing and IT functions with strategic procurement and day-to-day purchasing activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years in Strategic Procurement or a related commercial field.
• Indirect spend experience is advantageous but not required.
• Fluent in Danish and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Support Group Support Functions (HR, Marketing, IT) with strategic procurement and day-to-day purchasing.
• Lead and support supplier negotiations to achieve favourable terms.
• Coordinate and issue purchase orders; manage invoice handling and P2P processes.
• Maintain expenditure visibility, support budget control, identify cost-reduction opportunities.
• Manage indirect spend categories including facility management and group travel.
• Oversee the travel category across the Semco Group, maintaining supplier relationships and cost optimisation.

Skills

Negotiation

Relationship-building

Organizational skills

Fluent in Danish and English

Job description

Maternity Cover - Associate Category Manager, Indirect Spend

Are you a proactive and results-driven professional eager to make a significant impact in the green energy sector? Semco Maritime is offering a unique, temporary opportunity for an Associate Category Manager to join our team for a minimum of 12 months maternity cover.

Your position

As an Associate Category Manager for Indirect Spend you will play a pivotal role in leading category strategies across various sectors including facility management, professional services, travel, and more. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in negotiating and driving cost efficiencies while promoting sustainable practices within the supply chain.

At Semco Maritime safety is a core value, and in this role, you will contribute to maintaining and promoting a strong safety culture while delivering innovative solutions. Above all, your work will make a real change for the global energy sector.

Your workplace will be located at our Global Headquarters in Esbjerg, positioned at the heart of the Danish energy industry with stunning waterfront views. This is a full-time, temporary maternity cover for a minimum duration of 12 months.

As an Associate Category Manager, your primary responsibility will be to support our Group Support Functions, including HR, Marketing and IT, with strategic procurement and day-to-day purchasing activities. You will also manage indirect spend, with particular responsibility for facility management, including Travel.

• Group Support Functions: Partner with functions such as HR, Marketing and IT to understand their requirements and provide procurement support aligned with business needs.
• Contract Negotiation: Lead and support supplier negotiations to achieve competitive pricing and favourable terms and conditions.
• Purchase Order Management: Coordinate and issue purchase orders, follow up on invoice handling and help ensure compliance with the procurement-to-pay process.
• Cost Management: Maintain visibility of expenditure, support budget control and identify opportunities to reduce costs and improve commercial value.
• Indirect Spend and Facility Management: Manage relevant indirect spend categories, including facility management services, and support effective supplier performance and service delivery.
• Group Travel: Manage the travel category across the Semco Group, including supplier relationships, commercial agreements, cost optimisation and stakeholder support.

We are looking for an outgoing and positive individual who is passionate about indirect spend and wants to leave their personal mark on it. You have a proactive and organised approach to your work and are eager to enhance your skills within the department.

• Minimum experience of 2 years in Strategic Procurement or a related commercial field, experience in indirect spend is advantageous but not required.
• Excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills, capable of interacting effectively across diverse cultures and functions. Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize effectively.
• Positive, proactive, and a team player with the autonomy to operate independently.
• Fluent in Danish and English, both written and spoken.

Welcome to Semco Maritime

At Semco Maritime, we create change. For people. For projects. And for the global energy sector. With us, you will join a community of over 2,300 of the most dedicated thinkers and doers in the energy industry who are driving real change and making their own personal mark on the global energy landscape.

While everyone knows why the energy transition is vital, we are concerned with the journey. How to get there. By providing the answers needed to make change real. Because we believe that global energy ambitions can only be realized through hard work and clever, pragmatic solutions. This is what we do. This is what we invite you to participate in.

Safety is at the core of everything we do, and we are committed to protecting our people, partners, and the planet as we work towards a sustainable energy future.

So yes, working for us will change the energy sector – and may well change you too.

We know that our people are our greatest strength. We strive to build an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves, contribute their perspectives, and feel part of the team. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and believe that diverse teams help us find better solutions and move the energy transition forward.