Strategic Category Manager - Professional Services (Hybrid)

Renewi Group; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 67,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Laptop

Mobile phone

Hybrid working

Excellent pension scheme

Job summary

Renewi Group is seeking a Category Manager Professional Services to own the sourcing strategy for Marketing, Communications, IT Services and HR services. The role is location-flexible across the Netherlands or Belgium, with weekly presence near Amersfoort.

You will lead a team of Category Buyers, collaborate with HR, IT and Marketing leaders, and shape Renewi's sourcing approach for critical business services in a transformative, international environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in category management or strategic procurement leadership roles.
• Experience in indirect spend categories such as Professional Services, Marketing, HR services, IT services or consultancy.
• Leadership experience, including coaching or managing procurement professionals.
• Strong stakeholder management skills at senior management level.
• Experience in complex, matrixed or international organisations.
• Strong negotiation, influencing and commercial capabilities.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Fluency in English; Dutch and/or French is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the category strategy for Professional Services (Marketing, Communication, IT Services and HR services).
• Lead, coach and develop a team of Category Buyers.
• Drive complex sourcing initiatives and strategic supplier negotiations.
• Build and manage long-term partnerships with key service providers.
• Challenge and align senior stakeholders on demand, sourcing approach and value creation opportunities.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimisation, standardisation and value delivery across all Professional Services categories.
• Drive synergy between categories and enable cross-functional procurement strategies.
• Ensure strong governance, compliance and supplier performance management.
• Contribute to transformation initiatives across the business by shaping how services are sourced and consumed.
• Translate business needs into category strategies that support growth, efficiency and organisational change.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Category management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Complex environments

English fluency

Dutch/French advantage

Job description

Renewi Group is seeking a Category Manager Professional Services to own the sourcing strategy for Marketing, Communications, IT Services and HR services. The role is location-flexible across the Netherlands or Belgium, with weekly presence near Amersfoort.

You will lead a team of Category Buyers, collaborate with HR, IT and Marketing leaders, and shape Renewi's sourcing approach for critical business services in a transformative, international environment.