Global Facility & Real Estate Category Manager

Beyond Gravity

Lisboa

Hybrid

EUR 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Beyond Gravity in Lisbon, Portugal, is seeking a Category Manager to lead global indirect procurement across Facility Management, Real Estate, and Manufacturing-related services. You will develop category strategies, run end-to-end sourcing, negotiate terms, and drive total-cost-of-ownership improvements while aligning with site needs and compliance.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Finance, Legal, and Operations, ensuring supplier performance, risk management, and measurable savings.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, Law, or a related field.
5–8+ years of relevant experience in indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or supplier and contract management in an international environment.
Strong commercial negotiation, tendering, contract-lifecycle, supplier-performance, and stakeholder-management capabilities.
Ability to analyze spend and demand, build business cases, quantify savings and cost avoidance, and translate data into sourcing decisions.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute global category strategies for Facility Management, Real Estate, and Manufacturing-related indirect spend, including relevant equipment, maintenance, and site services within the assigned portfolio.
Analyze spend, demand, supplier markets, benchmarks, and business requirements to identify savings, cost avoidance, consolidation, standardization, and risk-reduction opportunities.
Build multi-year category roadmaps, sourcing pipelines, and measurable value-delivery plans aligned with business priorities and Global Supply Chain targets.
Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives, including requirements definition, market engagement, RFI/RFP execution, bid evaluation, business case development, negotiation, award recommendation, and implementation.
Negotiate commercial terms, service levels, pricing models, payment terms, liability positions, and framework agreements in collaboration with Legal, Compliance, Finance, and business owners.
Maintain complete, auditable sourcing and contract documentation and ensure signature, approval, and purchase-order requirements are satisfied before supplier commitment.
Lead sourcing and commercial management of facility services and real estate-related agreements within the assigned scope, aligning service specifications, contractual obligations, and supplier coverage with site requirements and local regulations.
Engage early with Manufacturing, Engineering, Facilities, and Finance on equipment and CAPEX requirements; lead sourcing and commercial negotiations using total-cost-of-ownership assessments covering acquisition, installation, maintenance, operating costs, and lifecycle support.
Develop commercial business cases for service bundling, supplier consolidation, and insourcing or outsourcing options; coordinate contract implementation and supplier transitions with local owners to protect site operations and business continuity.
Select and manage facility-service Providers, real estate-related suppliers, manufacturing-equipment suppliers, maintenance partners, and other assigned vendors against cost, quality, delivery, service, compliance, sustainability, and risk expectations.
Establish KPIs, SLAs, review cadences, issue-resolution plans, and commercial improvement actions; manage escalations, claims, underperformance, renewals, and terminations.
Identify supplier, contractual, operational, data-security, business-continuity, and compliance risks and implement proportionate mitigations.
Act as procurement business partner to Facilities, Manufacturing, Engineering, sites, and Business Units; engage before commercial commitments to shape demand, specifications, sourcing routes, budgets, and investment plans.
Ensure adherence to indirect procurement policy, approval and signature authorities, contract-validation requirements, No PO–No Pay, export-control, information-security, sustainability, and other applicable controls.
Track and report validated savings, cost avoidance, contract coverage, sourcing pipeline, compliance issues, supplier performance, and category risks to procurement and senior stakeholders.
Provide training and practical guidance to requesters and stakeholders and contribute to global procurement initiatives, process improvements, and cross-category projects.