Senior Global Category Manager, Logistic

Vor 4 Tagen

Vernier, Schweiz Givaudan Vollzeit
Senior Global Category Manager, Logistic

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Your future role?

As a Senior Global Category Manager, you will establish a clear global M&S strategy for the respective category according to the global IM&S vision and 2025 strategy focused on business needs, bottom line and value creation. You will operate with significant autonomy, will engage with key IM&S regional business stakeholders on strategic initiatives and lead cross-functional sourcing teams for Indirect Materials and Services within controlled spend.

You will be based in Kemptthal or Vernier, Switzerland (on-site role with 1 day home office opportunity/week) and will report directly to the Global Head of IM&S.

Your main responsibilities will include:

  1. Drive the development and implementation of category strategies within the framework of the global procurement strategy.
  2. Analyze market and implement risk management strategies for the portfolio.
  3. Lead sourcing strategy development within cross-functional teams including regional category managers for relevant categories.
  4. Drive sourcing strategy implementation by leading major RFQs and key negotiations.
  5. Negotiate contracts globally.
  6. Select, manage and audit suppliers.
  7. Identify opportunities for portfolio optimization and involve and engage stakeholders in development of optimization plans.
  8. Link with Site Buyers and Regional IM&S Managers and sourcing centers to identify alternative suppliers in other geographies, deploy global strategies, contracts and framework agreements, collect supplier performance feedback.
  9. Identify potential demand and specification changes and communicate them to suppliers.
  10. Manage key supplier relationships, and lead GBS escalated supplier conflict resolutions.
  11. Ensure vendor performance at target levels.

Stakeholder Relationship

Communicate with key internal stakeholders/Global Head IM&S any market conditions changes which may affect the Business.

Support the responsible sourcing projects implementation & provide information to Procurement Sustainability Manager when needed.

Identify potential demand and specification changes and communicate/influence business stakeholders to drive cost improvements.

Cost Optimization and Business Planning

Prepare initiative plans and forecasts following business budget cycle.

Develop cost reduction projects.

Provide price forecasts and market trends for key commodities and services.

People Management

Develop an engaged IM&S organization.

Guide the RCM in other regions to ensure the strategic agenda is implemented regionally.

Attract and train the necessary talent to build a distinctive organization.

Develop a succession plan and promote high potentials and address performance gaps.

Be an active member of the Global IM&S Leadership Team.

IM&S processes and systems

Train team members on relevant policies, procedures and systems and where applicable support implementation of new processes.

Support/ensure that systems and processes are in place to support all audit requirements regarding 'Source to Pay'.

Being first contact for GBS PtP organization in the region and participate in improvement projects towards global processes and change management with stakeholders.

Ensure data accuracy in systems by driving discipline.

Sustainability

Drive the sustainability and Responsible Sourcing agenda within the category.

Your professional profile includes:

  1. 10 years' experience in IM&S Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain.
  2. International exposure in previous role.
  3. Experience running freight tenders with high complexity.
  4. Knowledge of Freighttender tools is required.
  5. Fluent in English, knowledge of French or German a plus.
  6. Good understanding of business needs and ability to engage with stakeholders at different levels and with different functions.
  7. Cultural awareness and adaptable to fast changing business requirements.
  8. CI mindset and ability to Challenge current state. Managerial Courage.
  9. Change management skills – track record in managing culture and complex transformations.
  10. Passion for success with a high energy level.

We offer flexible working hours, 1 remote day per week, and 1 week international remote working per year. We have a 40-hour working week, additional paid days off, favorable pension fund contributions, subsidized meals in the Staff restaurant, discounts at the company shop, and worldwide private accident coverage.

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity. We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.

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