Sr. Global Category Manager

Coperion S.a.r.l.; France; Hybride; EUR 120 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Hillenbrand seeks a Sr. Global Category Manager to own category strategy, targets and program development across the global spend and supply base.

You will drive category playbooks, supplier targets and sourcing footprints for multiple OPCOs and sites, leveraging market trends and demand requirements to create value. You will lead cross-functional teams, apply advanced negotiation concepts at scale, and develop strong business cases.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in strategic procurement and global sourcing.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and programs.
• Advanced negotiation and cost-management skills.

Responsabilités

• Model optimum supply base aligned with market trends and business goals.
• Create category intelligence and cost/value drivers.
• Assess supplier capabilities and performance against benchmarks.
• Define category playbooks and supplier targets.
• Plan and align financial and operational targets.
• Drive funnel measures and alternative sourcing programs.

Connaissances

Strategic procurement

Global sourcing

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiation skills

Analytical & conceptual skills

PowerBI proficiency

Source-2-Contract knowledge

GSM processes

Supply base risk management

Core Values & HOM understanding

Business English

Formation

Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline

Master degree preferred

Lean/Six Sigma / Design to Cost / PM certifications

Outils

PowerBI

Description du poste

The Sr. Global Category Manager is owning the category-related targets, strategy and program development related to the entire global spend/supply base in scope which includes Leveraging pooling opportunities and synergies across all Hillenbrand Opcos and Sites Modeling of optimum supply base toward market trends, demand requirements and business objectives Defining Supply Base preferences, sourcing governance (Category playbook) and Supplier targets Maximizing supply base agility and competition through the Supply Market Making and Alternative Sourcing Programs Define Supply base and sourcing footprint design for the related category across all Hillenbrand OPCOs in scope Driving the development and execution of category related funnel measures to achieve the defined targets The goals are to be achieved with financially and ethically sound methods, with an emphasis on the principles of the Hillenbrand Operating Model (HOM).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Modeling of optimum supply base toward market trends, demand requirements and business objectives
• Create category intelligence to understand market trends, technologies, benchmarks, cost and value drivers
• Assess supply base capabilities and performance against supply market benchmarks and demand requirements
• Classify suppliers as per the supplier preference model and define supplier development targets
• Define the category playbook with clear rules to be applied by Project GSM and Supplier Account Managers
• Plan and align financial, operational, and business targets.
• Define funnel measures and execution plan
• Maximize supply base agility and competition through the Supply Market Making and Alternative Sourcing program
• Develop a strong funnel of alternative sourcing projects to optimize the supply base and increase shiftability
• Define convincing business cases to ensure full commitment by all relevant business stakeholders
• Lead the execution of the sourcing projects funnel by applying Advanced Negotiation Concepts at scale
• Relentlessly drive and monitor impact from category-related Supplier Account Management Review and approve supplier-related targets and funnel measures proposed by Supplier Account Managers
• Define and drive elevated Key Supplier objectives on demanding targets and support critical supplier meetings
• Initiate and plan cost mastering and the supplier development project funnel
• Manage master purchase agreements including amendments (e.g. logistics, quality, sustainability)
• Monitor and relentlessly drive the execution of category-related funnel measures to achieve the defined targets

Skills/Experience

• > 10 years’ experience in Strategic Procurement
• Several years’ experience in global sourcing in European, Asian and North American markets
• Several years’ successful in global Project and Program Management and in leading interdisciplinary cross-functional team
• Global sourcing experience and advanced intercultural sensitivity and teamwork
• Advanced Negotiation skills and solid understanding about game theoretical awarding events and e-auctions
• Advanced analytical and conceptual skills combined with the ability to drive results and use the relevant IT tools (e.g. PowerBI)
• Advanced knowledge about Source-2-Contract processes and Supplier Contract Management
• Commodity market expertise
• Total Cost of Ownership business case calculation incl. make vs. buy Clean-sheet/should costing methodology
• GSM processes & governance
• Supply base risk management
• Project management
• Proficient skills in Business English
• Understanding and implementing our Core Values and the Hillenbrand Operating Model (HOM)

Education

• Minimum: Bachelor degree in a relevant technical discipline, Business or Supply Chain;
• Preferred: Master degree in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent;
• Desired: Separate expert level certifications in Lean/Six Sigma, Design to Cost and Project Management methodologies

Who we are

Coperion (www.coperion.com) is a global industry and technology leader in process technology serving a variety of end markets, including plastics, plastics recycling, food, pet food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, chemical, battery, and mineral industries. Every day, our teams of experts create individual, high-quality process technologies and systems optimized for the best end products, highest efficiency, and sustainability. Coperion is a business unit of Hillenbrand. Hillenbrand (www.hillenbrand.com) is a global industrial company that provides highly engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders.

Hillenbrand (www.hillenbrand.com) is a global industrial company that provides highly engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and solutions to customers in over 100 countries around the world. Our portfolio is composed of leading industrial brands that serve large, attractive end markets, including durable plastics, food, and recycling. Guided by our Purpose — Shape What Matters For Tomorrow™ — we pursue excellence, collaboration, and innovation to consistently shape solutions that best serve our associates, customers, communities, and other stakeholders.

EEO

The policy of Hillenbrand Inc. is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, Hillenbrand Inc. and our operating companies are committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at [e-mail] . In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. At Hillenbrand, everyone is welcome to apply and "Shape What Matters for Tomorrow".