Procurement Category Manager

Tishman Speyer Properties; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Join a forward-thinking company as a Procurement Category Manager in Barcelona, where you'll manage critical procurement strategies across Southern Europe. This role is pivotal in shaping the future of the Package, Bulk, and Traded Gases sectors while ensuring supplier performance aligns with safety and ethical standards. You'll develop and negotiate commodity strategies, prioritize projects with stakeholders, and gain valuable market insights. If you're self-motivated, possess strong negotiation skills, and are fluent in Spanish and English, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a leading industrial gas company committed to sustainability.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering required.
• Proven experience in sourcing strategies and purchasing terms.
• Knowledge of international markets and supplier management.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and implement commodity strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Manage supplier relationships and resolve conflicts efficiently.
• Ensure compliance with agreements and support procurement activities.

Conocimientos

Sourcing Strategies

Negotiation Skills

Supplier Relationship Management

Market Analysis

SAP ERP Systems

Bilingual in Spanish and English

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in Business

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Herramientas

SAP ERP

Descripción del empleo

Procurement Category Manager

Locations: Barcelona, Spain

Type: Full time

Posted: 4 Days Ago

Requisition ID: JR-2024-13490

At Air Products, our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine what’s possible, collaborate, and innovate solutions to the world’s most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we build tomorrow together by being the safest, most diverse, and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Reimagine What’s Possible

We are seeking a Procurement Category Manager based in Barcelona.

The role involves managing critical materials and services agreements and procurement strategies in Southern Europe, significantly impacting the Package, Bulk, and Traded Gases / Raw Material business sectors.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop, negotiate, implement, and sustain commodity strategies aligned with business objectives.
2. Prioritize projects with stakeholders including supply chain, customer engineering, and hospitals business units.
3. Serve as the single point of contact for Package Business, Traded Business, and other SE commodities.
4. Gain market knowledge and intelligence for relevant commodities and business areas.
5. Create benchmarks to understand market conditions, pricing trends, demand/capacity constraints, and supplier stability.
6. Participate in service level review agreements for major contracts and resolve commercial issues.
7. Define and implement strategies to reduce sole sourcing.
8. Manage supplier relationships, resolve conflicts, and ensure supplier performance aligns with safety, ethical, and reliability standards.
9. Review and negotiate contract terms with legal support to mitigate risks.
10. Process purchase orders, manage invoices, and address other commercial issues.
11. Identify and implement improvements in procurement-to-pay processes.
12. Ensure compliance with all relevant agreements and procedures.
13. Support procurement M&A activities as needed.

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering.
2. Proven experience in sourcing strategies, purchasing terms, and international markets.
3. Knowledge of SAP ERP systems.
4. Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
5. Self-motivated with ownership of issues and resolution skills.
6. Excellent written and spoken Spanish and English; French and Portuguese are advantageous.

Additional Information:

Location: Office-based with some travel to suppliers and sites.

Countries Served: Spain, Portugal, Northern Africa, Italy.

We are the world’s largest hydrogen producer, with over 80 years of industrial gas experience, committed to safe, clean energy solutions and a sustainable future.

At Air Products, safety, diversity, and inclusion are core to our culture. To learn more, visit About Air Products.