Senior Category Procurement Lead

Are you a strategic thinker with experience in negotiation and building long-term partnerships? Can you optimise processes and develop solutions that ensure competitive and sustainable outcomes?

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We are looking for a Senior Category Procurement Lead to negotiate and manage long-term agreements with strategic partners, ensuring competitive pricing, supply security, and alignment with project and operational needs while fostering innovation and continuous improvement.

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Tasks & responsibilities:

• Negotiate and establish long-term agreements with strategic partners to enhance competitiveness and secure supply.
• Develop and implement category strategies in collaboration with engineering, technology, and vendor networks.
• Analyse market trends and product requirements to shape category roadmaps.
• Monitor and manage category performance metrics, including savings and KPIs.
• Lead vendor qualification activities and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Prepare and finalise commercial agreements that include sustainability objectives.
• Develop cost breakdown models and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) methodologies.
• Support vendor negotiations for key packages and services using benchmarks and financial analyses.
• Act as a resource for project and operations teams to resolve vendor relationship challenges.
• Identify risks and opportunities in vendor relationships, including monitoring financial data and capacity planning.
• Ensure best practices and lessons learned are implemented for continuous improvement.
• Support the setup of pre-agreement during the win phase to create competitive advantages.
• Foster innovation and drive strategic relationships with key vendors to achieve improved quality, pricing, and reliability.

• Proven experience in negotiation and contractual agreements for procurement in EPCI or related industries.
• At least 10 years of experience in procurement, project procurement management, or as a sales engineer.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills with a deep understanding of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and cost breakdown modelling.
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes and the capabilities of vendors and subcontractors in the relevant categories.
• Experience with construction sites or manufacturing plants is a plus!
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to monitor and optimise vendor performance.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to foster collaboration across teams and with vendors.
• Proficiency in monitoring KPIs and reporting on category performance.
• Strategic mindset to identify risks, opportunities, and market trends.
• Professional fluency in English, both verbally and in writing.