Senior Manager, IT Procurement

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Senior Manager, IT Procurement

Are you looking to make a real impact? For over a century, our people have been the driving force in solving some of the world’s most pressing issues – and we hope you’ll join us in solving the next century’s. Whether you're working to close the loop at one of our recycling facilities or ensuring efficient renewable energy processes to decarbonize aluminium production, your contributions make an impact in our shared purpose of propelling our industries and the world into a greener future.

Hydro Global Business Services (GBS) is an organizational area that operates as an internal service provider for the Hydro group. Its ultimate purpose is to deliver relevant IT, financial and HR business services to all business areas within the company.

About the role

Own, facilitate, and implement the global procurement strategy and process to ensure effective deployment and follow-up of GBS IT procurement.

Main responsibilities

• Development and reassessment of processes, tools and systems, training materials, and policies that are central to GBS IT Procurement
• Lead change management efforts to continuously build new processes, analytics and performance metrics to better take out procurement opportunities across all IT procurement categories of spent
• Lead GBS IT Procurement team consisting of 13 strategic and tactical resources, located in Norway, Hungary and Brazil
• As a Senior Manager IT Procurement, you will play a vital role in optimizing category strategies, driving sourcing projects, and building effective supplier relationships
• Category Management: Drive improvement initiatives by pursuing priorities outlined in the Hardware category strategy, while also contributing to the continuous development of the strategy
• Procurement Management: Lead sourcing initiatives through all steps of the procurement process for Hardware, from development of procurement strategies, via RfXs, to negotiation and contracting
• Contract and Supplier Relationship Management: Manage the Hardware contract portfolio, develop and maintain supplier relationships, monitor performance, execute terminations, amendments and renewals
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and cross functional teams, including the category team, business representatives and Indirect Procurement team to secure alignment on initiatives and compliance with governing principles
• You need to be commercially inclined, able to handle multiple cases at once and have excellent communication skills towards both internal stakeholders and our suppliers

Your qualifications and skills

• Experience in global procurement roles focusing on IT Procurement categories
• Excellent understanding of Procurement technologies, AI, and upcoming opportunities in tech
• Willingness to bring thought leadership, a creative mindset, and a fresh perspective on new ways to approach existing problems
• Demonstrate Strong Commercial Skills: Your negotiation skills and commercial mindset enables you to secure favorable terms and deliver value to the organization
• Excel in Cross-Functional Collaboration: You thrive in a collaborative environment and can effectively communicate and work with stakeholders across different layers of the organization
• Show Problem-Solving Ability: You approach challenges with an analytical and solution oriented mindset, finding creative ways to overcome obstacles and utilize opportunities
• Work Independently with Accountability: You can autonomously drive progress and ensure the quality of your work, taking ownership to your tasks and responsibility
• Understanding of the supplier landscape across major categories of spend; industry and/or professional relationships with suppliers in these categories a plus
• Demonstrated contract and agreement negotiation experience, including development of negotiating strategies
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills and an ability to synthesize complex and technical information into concise and clear recommendations

What we offer you

• Working at the world’s only fully integrated aluminum and leading renewable energy company
• Diverse, global teams
• Flexible work environment/home office
• We provide you the freedom to be creative and to learn from experts
• Possibility to grow with the company, gain new certificates
• Attractive benefit package

Hydro values diverse skills and perspectives among employees. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. Qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability. We strive to provide equal opportunities for all to contribute and succeed with us

Please apply online in ONE with your CV and optionally a cover letter until. 06/27/2025

If you have any questions, please contact: Mónika Csorba Monika.Csorba@hydro.com

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Posted on: May 22, 2025

Location:

Székesfehérvár, HU, 8000 Guadalajara, ES, 19200 Krakow, PL, 32-500 Ornago, IT Offenburg, DE, 77656 Feltre, IT Raeren, BE, 4730 LUCE CEDEX, FR, 28112 Lodz, PL, 93-428 Rotterdam, NL, 3013 AP CHATEAUROUX, FR, 36008 Toulouse, FR, 31037 Barcelona, ES, 8430 Budapest, HU, 1117 Rotterdam, NL, 3197 KJ Drunen, NL, 5151 RW Pamplona, Navarra, ES, 31860 La Selva del Camp, T, ES, 43470 Atessa, CH, IT Harderwijk, NL, 3846 BB Bellenberg, DE, 89287 Avintes, PT, 4415-272 Nenzing, AT, 6710 Prior Velho, PT, 2689-513

Department: GBS Procurement

Business Area: Global Business Services(HGBS)