Group Category Manager

耐克森中国; Puteaux; Sur place; EUR 80 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

耐克森中国 is seeking a Group Category Manager based in Puteaux, France. This crucial role involves overseeing the purchasing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and leading market intelligence efforts to ensure alignment with business needs. Candidates should possess over 10 years of leadership experience in purchasing within industrial environments.

The ideal applicant will have an Engineering Master's degree or equivalent and be fluent in English, with strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of leadership experience in Purchasing within Industrial environments.
• Experience in Plastic Raw Material Purchasing category management.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.

Responsabilités

• Define and manage Category Purchasing roadmap to meet business needs.
• Analyze market trends and establish benchmarks.
• Secure and coordinate supplier relationships.

Connaissances

Leadership skills

Supplier management

Communication skills

Analytic mindset

Strategic mindset

Formation

Engineering Master degree or equivalent

MBA

Description du poste

Job Description

Group Category Manager

Posting Start Date: 7/2/26

Category: Purchasing

Location: France, Nexans France - Puteaux (Lightwell)

Employment Type: Full Time

Experience Level: Experienced - over 5 years

ID: 80334

A Purchasing Organization Is Set-up With The Ambition To

• strengthen the purchasing function performance aiming to a better alignment with the business needs
• support the Business Groups organization on the management of their Purchasing activities

Areas Of Responsibilities

Category Management

• Define the Category Purchasing Company roadmap to meet business needs and E3 objectives, especially in term of security of supply, TCO competitiveness, cash, innovation and CSR
• Define the Category objective and manage its activities in accordance with business needs and Group Purchasing objectives - Align targets and arbitrate priorities with BGs whenever needed
• Monitor purchasing standards and indicators adapted to its Category (standard contractual models, performance dashboard, ...)
• Supervise the purchasing risk analysis and mitigation plans implementation in the scope of his/her Category
• Manage a network of Regional Category Managers to ensure full alignment with the global strategy

Market Intelligence

• Analyzes market trends (products, suppliers and customers) and cost drivers globally
• Establishes market benchmarks (customers, competitors, suppliers)
• Ensure product cost structure analysis is built as part of the Category Plan

Supplier Management

• Secures a proper Supplier Panel is defined for the Category covering all BGs
• Coordinate Supplier Relationship Management in order to leverage cross-BG synergies and common needs
• Supports and/or manages supplier relationships at proper level
• Promotes Suppliers engagement and deployment of framework or/and long-term agreements for the Category
• Drives or/and supports Supplier negotiations as needed

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience: minimum 10 years leadership experience in Purchasing within Industrial environments, including some experience in Plastic Raw Material Purchasing category management
• Education: Engineering Master degree or equivalent, MBA a plus
• Fluent in English, one to two other languages a plus
• Leadership skills:
  • Very strong drive, ability to mobilize transversal and cross-functional teams
  • Transformation skills, developing internal stakeholders ways of working as well as make cross-business teams and other internal stakeholders work most efficiently together
  • Cross-functional, multi-sites and multicultural (global) leadership
• Communication skills
• Mastering the purchasing value chain, and specifically:
  • Category management, Direct Purchasing best practices knowledge & experience (all levers) in industrial environment.
  • Experience with plastic and steel related raw materials categories
  • Contract management
  • Supplier management and negotiation skills in complex and VUCA environments
  • Strategic mindset, ability to define, influence or / and validate global Category strategies
• Ability to take decision based on available facts:
  • Makes prompt, clear decisions which may involve tough choices or considered risks
  • Take responsibility for actions, projects and people
  • Takes initiatives, acts with confidence and works under own direction
  • Continuously initiates and generates cost and cash optimization activity
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations:
  • Total Cost objective minded & value driven
• Entrepreneurial and performing thinking:
  • Keeps up to date with supplier information and market trends
  • Identifies business opportunities for the organization
• Analytic mindset
• Internal Customer driven, with ability to challenge status-quo