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Category Manager Indirect Procurement – MRO & Plant CAPEX

Villeroy & Boch Group

Milano

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EUR 60.000 - 80.000

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Descrizione del lavoro

A leading manufacturing company in Milan is seeking a Category Manager for Indirect Procurement – MRO & Plant CAPEX. This role requires a strong background in procurement and technical sourcing strategies to optimize spending and drive savings across the organization. Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience in multinational companies, expertise in SAP and advanced Excel, and strong negotiation skills. The position offers full-time employment, requiring travel flexibility of approximately 15-20%.

Competenze

Strong background in indirect procurement, particularly in MRO and plant CAPEX.
Minimum 3 years experience as Category Manager in a Multinational Company.
Proven ability to generate savings using data and innovative sourcing models.

Mansioni

Design and deploy forward-looking category strategies for MRO and plant CAPEX.
Lead innovative sourcing initiatives including negotiations and long-term agreements.
Use advanced Excel and SAP to analyze spend and support category decisions.

Conoscenze

Negotiation skills

SAP proficiency

Analytical skills

Financial modeling skills

Fluent English (C1 level)

Strumenti

SAP

Excel

Category Manager Indirect Procurement – MRO & Plant CAPEX

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Within the Villeroy & Boch Group, the Category Manager Indirect Procurement – MRO & Plant CAPEX is a value-driven, change-oriented role responsible for challenging established procurement and maintenance practices and introducing new sourcing models, technical alternatives, and innovative commercial approaches across MRO and plant-related CAPEX. The role goes beyond traditional negotiations and leverages data, analytics, and systems to identify savings opportunities, improve transparency, and support fact-based decision-making across the Group’s manufacturing footprint.

Key Responsibilities

Innovation-Led Category Strategy

Design and deploy forward-looking category strategies for MRO and plant CAPEX.
Execute RFI, RFP, and RFQ processes and lead negotiations to completion.
Reassess OEM vs. alternative sourcing models using TCO and lifecycle data.
Reduce complexity in spare-parts portfolios through cross-site harmonization.
Drive initiatives to lower inventory, emergency spend, and unplanned CAPEX.

Advanced Sourcing & Value Creation

Lead innovative sourcing initiatives, including re-specification, bundling, and long-term agreements.
Build and maintain should-cost and clean-sheet models.
Translate technical and commercial changes into measurable savings (OPEX & CAPEX).
Track, validate, and sustain savings through robust data management.

Data, Systems & Insight (Excel & SAP)

Use advanced Excel to analyze spend, build financial models, and simulate sourcing scenarios.
(e.g. pivot tables, advanced formulas, scenario modeling, dashboards)
Extract, structure, and analyze data from SAP (MM, SRM/Coupa, or equivalent) to support category decisions.
Ensure data accuracy, transparency, and traceability for savings and compliance.
Support continuous improvement of reporting, catalogs, and master data.

Plant-Level Engagement & Change Enablement

Partner with Maintenance and Engineering teams to challenge “business as usual.”
Support plants with data-driven recommendations during critical situations.
Drive adoption of new sourcing models through facts, credibility, and pragmatism.

Governance & Scalability

Embed innovative category approaches into contracts, catalogs, and SAP workflows.
Ensure savings sustainability through compliance, KPIs, and reporting discipline.
Contribute to procurement digitalization and transformation initiatives.

Profile & Capabilities

Experience

Strong background in indirect procurement with deep exposure to MRO and plant CAPEX.
Proven ability to generate savings by changing sourcing logic and using data effectively.
Experience working in SAP-based procurement environments.

Key Skills

Minimum 3 years experience as Category Manager in a Multinational Company.
Strong negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to balance commercial rigor and operational needs.
SAP proficiency– MM and procurement-related modules.
Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
Ability to influence technical stakeholders using data and insight.
Structured, curious, and improvement-oriented mindset.
Fluent English (C1 level) required; proficiency in additional languages is considered a plus.

Strategic Contribution & Mindset

Challenge legacy specifications, OEM dependencies, and historical sourcing decisions.
Introduce innovative sourcing models and technically validated alternatives.
Identify structural savings through standardization, lifecycle optimization, and demand management.
Use data and analytics to expose inefficiencies and opportunities.
Bring external benchmarks and best practices into the organization.

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