Global Indirect Procurement Category Lead

Remeha; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel reimbursement

Wellness perks

Job summary

BDR Thermea Group is seeking a Category Manager – Indirect Procurement to own and drive high-value procurement strategies across the group. You will lead end-to-end procurement for products and services, negotiate complex contracts, and build strong supplier partnerships to achieve best value and long-term reliability.

You will work with internal stakeholders to understand needs, refine tools for future purchases, and drive cost-down initiatives while ensuring ethical and sustainable supplier

Qualifications

• 5+ years' procurement experience in categories Marketing, HR, Consultancy services and engineering services.
• Experience across manufacturing and engineering environments preferable.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience managing large contracts and complex high power suppliers.
• Confident communicator with the credibility to influence technical and operational stakeholders.
• Proactive, adaptable to a transformational environment and able to travel across EU.

Responsibilities

• Procurement ownership of delivering high-value, business-critical projects while engaging senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with functional stakeholders to deliver best value procurement solutions for the group.
• Refine and deploy a toolkit to support future purchases.
• Lead end-to-end procurement of products and services and site projects from supplier selection to contract management.
• Build strong supplier partnerships to ensure total cost of ownership, innovation, and long-term reliability.
• Negotiate high-value, complex contracts with service providers.
• Align with stakeholders to anticipate needs and deliver best-in-class solutions.
• Guide local Buyers to negotiate and strategize for value for money on external purchases.
• Develop a preferred supplier list with terms, schedules and KPI’s.
• Own the supply strategy and cost-down plans for the Category area.
• Establish service level agreements with end users and key stakeholders.
• Monitor supplier performance and escalate concerns when needed.
• Enforce an ethical and sustainable supplier selection process.
• Coordinate annual budget planning for preferred suppliers, timing, risk and resources.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Data analysis

Job description

BDR Thermea Group is seeking a Category Manager – Indirect Procurement to own and drive high-value procurement strategies across the group. You will lead end-to-end procurement for products and services, negotiate complex contracts, and build strong supplier partnerships to achieve best value and long-term reliability.

You will work with internal stakeholders to understand needs, refine tools for future purchases, and drive cost-down initiatives while ensuring ethical and sustainable supplier