Category Manager

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Västerås; On-site; EUR 50 000 - 70 000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Vantara Corporation seeks a Category Manager to drive the SITE SERVICES strategy across Europe. Responsibilities include developing purchasing plans, managing supplier relationships, and fostering trust with vendors to optimize costs and service quality while ensuring compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates possess strategic sourcing experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and an engineering or supply chain background.

Benefits

Flexible working time

Health care and wellness allowance

Mentor support during onboarding

Various trainings supporting employee development

Supplementary compensation for parental leave

Employee Benefit Portal with discounts and perks

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in category management or strategic sourcing.
• Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods.
• Ability to motivate team members in a complex environment.

Responsibilities

• Devise long-term strategies for site services.
• Create and manage end-to-end projects.
• Lead internal cross-functional efforts for cost-reduction activities.

Skills

Analytic leader

Data analysis

Negotiation

Communication

Education

University degree in engineering or supply chain

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Job description

Description

The Opportunity

We are looking for aCategory Managerto leverage the SITE SERVICES spend within Europe for an excess of 50 M$. You will be part of the European supply chain organization and will be responsible for developing and driving the regional category strategy, ensuring our units have the proper supply base, with services aligned to our requirements of safety and quality, with the agreed schedule and at the best total cost.

How you´ll make an impact

• Devise long-term strategies for site services
• Create, manage and run end-to-end projects
• Develop strategic purchasing plans and supplier consolidation projects
• Bundling of price negotiations, managing and monitoring savings across all units
• Lead internal cross-functional efforts to identify and quickly implement cost-reduction activities
• Foster trust relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
• Meet with key suppliers for exchanges over performance, planning, pricing, and future activities
• Cooperate and functionally manage a team of Buyers who are in operational units across Europe
• Leveraging the Continuous Improvement Process (CIPS) for assigned categories
• Fulfill the guidelines of SOX, OHS, EHS and compliance
• Living Hitachi Energy core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business

Your background

• Several years of work experience in category management roles and/or strategic sourcing, primarily handling SITE SERVICES
• Hold a diploma or a university degree, preferably in engineering or supply chain
• Analytic leader, good communicator and Hands-on-minded.
• Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods
• Ability to motivate the team members in a complex matrix environment.
• Experienced in an intercultural multi-business environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), plus a knowledge of SAP would be beneficial
• Excellent command of English at negotiating level (both written and spoken)
• Able to travel approximately 30%.

What we offer

• Collective agreement
• Flexible working time
• Health care and wellness allowance
• Fantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy both within Sweden and globally
• Mentor to support you throughout onboard phase
• Various trainings and education supporting employee development
• Diversified company with over 70+ nationalities working in Sweden
• Supplementary compensation for parental leave
• Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks

More about us

Are you ready for a new exciting challenge? Does the above description sound like you. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don’t delay – apply today!

Recruiting Manager Omar Ceola,[e-mail] answer your questions about the position. Union representatives - Sveriges Ingenjörer: Philip Bengtsson, [phone]; Ledarna: Frank Hollstedt, [phone] ; Unionen: Michael Fosselius, [phone].All other questions can be directed to Talent Acquisition Partner Michael Blomberg,[e-mail]

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