Category Manager (Marketing & Spend Analysis/Development)

Required for a six-month onsite contract in Stockholm, a Category Manager Marketing to lead and develop categories of spend.

Role:

To achieve cost efficiencies, capture procurement synergies and reduce supplier risks within indirect goods and services across Brands and Functions within the Group.

Job description:

As a Category Manager within the area of marketing procurement, you'll lead and develop specific categories of spend. Your role involves strategic opportunity assessment, category strategy, category planning, and sourcing. You'll drive fact-based procurement initiatives, analysing spend and contracts while exploring supplier markets. You will also implement strategies to ensure long-term success.

You will play a crucial role in our organization and your responsibilities will include:

• Identifying opportunities for improvement within your category, conducting spend analysis, and assessing the development of spend categories.
• Creating and executing a category plan, including strategic sourcing initiatives, to optimize procurement processes and maximize value.
• Monitoring and managing supplier relationships, both existing and potential, in alignment with business needs.
• Ensuring long-term contract compliance and performance, securing sustainable results.
• Implementing strategic changes to drive innovation and improvement in your category, often including different level of change management.
• Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across the organization, leading Category teams, and influencing decision-makers.

Experience:

• Extensive experience from Category Management and Sourcing of Marketing Services in a large enterprise environment.
• University degree in Procurement, Business Admin, Industrial Eng., and Management
• Proficiency in category management, sourcing, and negotiation, complemented with strong analytical capabilities, including conducting spend analysis and opportunity assessment.
• Understanding of different pricing models and contract structures
• Able to secure progress in complex situations.
• Experience from Strategic sourcing and negotiations.
• Experience from driving change in complex organisations with many stakeholders.
• Developing and implementing procurement strategies.
• Fluent in English

To arrange a Teams-based interview, please email in the first instance, your CV to (see below)

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