Category Manager/Junior Category Manager

We’re looking for motivated, engaged people to help make everyone’s journeys better. Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Demand Management
  • Create transparency, analyses and understand the area of Contract Manufacturing which encompasses all such goods as Based Products, Meat & Fish, Seafood, Fruit & Vegetables, Diary, Bakery, etc.
  • Leverage knowledge of organization and suppliers to deploy specification and demand levers and generate innovations from the supply market
  • Development and improvement of required goods and service portfolio, e.g., standardization, simplification, re-specification
• Strategic Sourcing
  • Continuously monitor and extend understanding of assigned category, incl. spends, suppliers, products, market structure, price trends vs. paid prices, commodity forecasts, competitive dynamics, trends, demand management levers and risks
  • Translate savings targets into sourcing plan and develop short- and long-term supply strategies to achieve targets
  • Execute sourcing strategies using strategic sourcing process (build and analyses RFPs, bid evaluation and other analytical models; lead negotiations in line with strategic objectives; ensuring implementation of results)
  • Prepare and negotiate contracts and contract updates with key suppliers based on defined pricing and quality targets and ensure required confirmation and documentation
  • Devise & steer corrective actions in case of deviations to total cost of the overall Commodities supply strategy
  • Develop procedures to reduce supplier and procurement risk including supplier audits and credit checks
  • Optimize order management and processes to handle Commodities, e. g. via e-procurement solution
  • Responsibility for relevant spend and content data for own category
  • Implement supplier framework agreement with strategic suppliers with support from Legal, manage contract durations and contract data base
  • Participate, contribute and/or steer in group wide or regional projects

• Supplier Relationship Management
  • Segment supply base and develop supplier portfolio to enable competitive, quality & timely response to the customer market
  • Develop and manage key suppliers in line with SRM methodology; integrate supplier expertise as appropriate to deliver GATEGROUP’s strategy with focus on cost, product & process improvement; steer the contracting of related product portfolio processes
  • Monitor and enhance ongoing performance of suppliers; identify and mitigate risks relating to suppliers
  • Conduct supplier audits working closely with Quality team during supplier evaluation process
  • Guide & implement the transition of new supplier introductions managing all stakeholders to ensure successful launch
• Team management / leadership
  • Support implementation of processes, procedures, principles, guidelines, and systems to comply with corporate and regional standards and objectives and to increase performance and quality of procurement
  • Secure and foster internal communication
  • Ensure and coordinate activities to support success of management of category working cross functionally with stakeholders and suppliers
  • Plan, track, report project progress e. g. deadlines, savings (by Degrees of Implementation) and organizational buy-in (Strategic Sourcing Process)

If you want to be part of a team that helps make travel and culinary memories, join us!