Category Manager Services

Westinghouse Electric Company; Västerås kommun; Hybrid; SEK 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness Allowance

Flexible pay via Benefit portal

Work hour reduction (ATF) and pension

ASB Insurance coverage

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Westinghouse Electric Company places a Category Manager Services in Västerås, Sweden. You will lead a complex category to improve cost, quality, delivery, and reliability, and report to the Senior Manager EOMS Contingent Labor and Services Category Management with a hybrid work model.

You will drive supplier relationships, implement category strategies, and prepare key analyses and presentations for reviews and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of procurement experience with complex engineering, procurement, and construction projects.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Benchmarking, market, competitive intelligence, and procurement project management skills.
• Experience with supplier management including purchase order issuance, execution, and administration.
• Focus on daily improvement in standard work, talent development, and risk mitigation.
• Maintain long‑term productive relationship with suppliers.
• ERP system or similar system experience in a global environment is beneficial (SAP & Ariba).
• Very good English skills, additional language preferable.

Responsibilities

• Lead a category management plan for an assigned category in Services or close related.
• Maintain an overall category strategy to meet organizational goals by improving Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while securing supply continuity through identifying and mitigating current and potential risks and opportunities in the category plan.
• Implement category strategy through a preferred supplier list (PSL). This list also involves right‑sizing non‑preferred suppliers. Additionally, it rewards preferred partners with business awards tied to Long‑term Agreements (LTA) with year‑over‑year improvements in cost, delivery, quality, service, and profitability.
• Lead important business reviews (SRM) with strategic suppliers to bring category strategy and completion of category goals.
• Prepare presentations for supplier relationship management meetings, category plans, risk mitigation proposals, 4‑Blockers, and supplier/category gap analysis.

Skills

Negotiation

Supplier management

Contract development

Cost analysis

Risk mitigation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Job description

At Westinghouse Electric Company, we are pioneers in nuclear technology and our technology is the basis for nearly half of the world’s commercial nuclear power plants in operation. Today, we are also building several new reactors that contribute to more fossil‑free energy. Globally, we have over 10,000 employees in 19 countries, of which 1,000 are at our Swedish workplaces in Västerås and Täby. Our Swedish operations were founded in 1969 and supply nuclear fuel as well as products and services in automation, maintenance, testing and decommissioning for customers around the world. Read more about us at www.westinghousenuclear.com.

About the Role

As a Category Manager Services you will lead a complex category to improve cost, quality, delivery, and reliability to reach organizational goals. You will lead a category management plan for an assigned category. This job requires relationship skills to establish and implement strategies that will have mid‑term impact on our results according to organizational needs and project timelines. You will support implementing new products, processes, standards or operational plans. You will report to the Senior Manager EOMS Contingent Labor and Services Category Management and be located in Västerås, Sweden. Model of work: hybrid.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a category management plan for an assigned category in Services or close related.
• Maintain an overall category strategy to meet organizational goals by improving Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while securing supply continuity through identifying and mitigating current and potential risks and opportunities in the category plan.
• Implement category strategy through a preferred supplier list (PSL). This list also involves right‑sizing non‑preferred suppliers. Additionally, it rewards preferred partners with business awards tied to Long‑term Agreements (LTA) with year‑over‑year improvements in cost, delivery, quality, service, and profitability.
• Lead important business reviews (SRM) with strategic suppliers to bring category strategy and completion of category goals.
• Prepare presentations for supplier relationship management meetings, category plans, risk mitigation proposals, 4‑Blockers, and supplier/category gap analysis.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of procurement experience with complex engineering, procurement, and construction projects. Additionally experience in negotiations and contract development.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Benchmarking, market, competitive intelligence, and procurement project management skills.
• Experience with supplier management including purchase order issuance, execution, and administration.
• Focus on daily improvement in standard work, talent development, and risk mitigation.
• Maintain long‑term productive relationship with suppliers.
• ERP system or similar system experience in a global environment is beneficial (SAP & Ariba).
• Very good English skills, additional language preferable.

Benefits

At Westinghouse, we offer an inspiring work environment in a high‑tech industry. You will be a part of a network of global experts from several different areas and we offer great opportunities for competence development and career growth, both in Sweden and abroad. As a member of our team, you will work together with engaged colleagues and be a part of an environment that is both challenging and supportive. Many of our positions are based in activity‑based environments which enables a flexible workplace. At Westinghouse, we have a strong safety culture. Westinghouse is an employer that treats everyone equally.

• Wellness Allowance
• Flexible pay opportunities via our Benefit portal
• Work hour reduction (ATF) and occupational pension (ITP)
• ASB Insurance: compensation for the cost of health care, dental care, hearing aids, glasses and more
• Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
• Employee Referral Program: potential for employees to earn a monetary award for referring other qualified candidates to Westinghouse

Union Agreement

This role belongs to the union agreement Teknikavtalet.

Union Representatives

• Akademikerförening på Westinghouse (AFW): Anna Lundgren, [phone], [e-mail]
• Unionen: Maria Gunnarsson, [phone], [e-mail]
• IF Metall: Zlatko Grbic, [phone], [e-mail]

Contact Information

For more information about the role, please contact the hiring manager, Gun Hällerfors, Senior Manager EOMS Contingent Labor and Services Category Management, email: [e-mail].