Maritime Category Manager: OEM & Lifecycle Strategy

Radio Holland; Rotterdam; Hybrid; EUR 58,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Radio Holland in Rotterdam seeks a Category Manager to own the lifecycle of assigned categories, translating market needs into priorities and commercial opportunities. You will foster OEM partnerships and support tenders, campaigns and data governance across Sales, Supply Chain and Legal.

The role sits in the Projects & Special Segments organization and reports to the Co-CCO Special Segments & Projects, with a hybrid workplace and full-time status.

Qualifications

• Experience in category management, procurement or a similar commercial-technical role.
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Analytical, structured and commercially minded working style.
• Excellent command of English and Dutch.
• Experience in maritime industry or with complex technical products is a plus.
• Experience working with OEMs, global agreements, supplier performance or ERP/master data systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full product and service lifecycle across categories, from market input to launch and discontinuation.
• Gather and prioritise requirements based on market, customer, competitor and regulatory insights.
• Develop OEM partnerships and manage commercial terms and agreements.
• Lead global tenders, RFQs and strategic sourcing with Procurement, Sales and Supply Chain.
• Identify OEM opportunities and growth initiatives to improve portfolio performance.
• Ensure accurate product, pricing and lifecycle data in ERP and data systems.

Skills

Category management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

English proficiency

Dutch proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering or a similar field

Job description

Radio Holland in Rotterdam seeks a Category Manager to own the lifecycle of assigned categories, translating market needs into priorities and commercial opportunities. You will foster OEM partnerships and support tenders, campaigns and data governance across Sales, Supply Chain and Legal.

The role sits in the Projects & Special Segments organization and reports to the Co-CCO Special Segments & Projects, with a hybrid workplace and full-time status.