Category Manager – Indirect, Lyngby

Job title:

Category Manager – Indirect, Lyngby

Company

COWI

Job description

Are you ready to play a pivotal role in driving efficiencies and ensuring collaborative culture and partnership with suppliers? Can you strategically manage and enhance our indirect categories? Do you have a solid foundation in category management combined with effective strategic sourcing skills? If so, we invite you to join our team as the Category Manager for Indirect Procurement, where you’ll be a part of shaping the future.Create a future where people and societies grow and flourishAcquiring external specialized knowledge with industry insight and subject matter knowledge support COWI’s goals on development and optimization. This year, COWI Procurement is embarking on a journey to establish strategic partnerships with the business, ensuring compliance, cost management, and a resilient supply chain that supports sustainable growth alongside our customers and partners. To meet our ambitious goals, we are looking for procurement professionals with deep knowledge and practical experience in procurement and category management.. You will become part of a diverse team of skilled procurement professionals, collaborating to enhance and optimize COWI’s supply chain. This role offers a distinct opportunity to facilitate improvements for COWI Business operations and contribute to the sustainable transformation for both COWI and the communities we support. It’s the best time to join us on the journey and build the future of COWI Procurement together.On a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Oversee assigned Indirect Category, developing and implementing adequate category strategy for respective indirect categories.
• Continuously optimize external spending via value-adding procurement initiatives, while maintaining a realistic cost level for the assigned indirect category.
• Develop a collaborative partnership with internal stakeholders and act as a procurement advisor to diligently identify sourcing opportunities and cost improvement potentials for the relevant indirect category
• Streamline service adoption and enhance commercial terms and service quality
• Implement robust governance and Supplier Relationship Management through KPIs and SLAs to enhance supplier performance in service quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, therefore increasing the value delivered to COWI.
• Integrate sustainability criteria and metrics into the acquisition of external services and performance reporting.
• Proficiently manage and contribute to implementing and enhancing the Procurement strategy, processes, tools, and related initiatives

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.To perform effectively in this role, you need to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.On top of that, you will:

• Hold a master’s degree with 5+ years of experience in strategic procurement in international organizations.
• Have a solid commercial mindset with in-depth knowledge of procurement strategy, tools, techniques, and processes.
• Experienced in category management and contract negotiation for multiple indirect services.
• Extensive experience in Stakeholder Management with enhanced interpersonal skills at all levels of the organization and across cultures.
• Proficient English language skills, both oral and written.

A place to work and so much moreAt COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100% of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 8,000 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.What we offer?In this role, you will enjoy a creative job with significant freedom in a diverse, international work environment, including:

• Collaborative opportunities with creative colleagues
• Attractive employment conditions
• Competitive salary based on your qualifications
• An innovative cultural experience
• An opportunity to further enhance and optimize professional services category in close collaboration with the main internal stakeholders

Got more questions?If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Global Talent Acquisition Specialist Mette Gutte at .Get to know us even better at our website, , where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.Before you applyAll you need to include in your application is your CV – no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you’re interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we encourage candidates to apply as early as possible.Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.#LI-Hybrid#LI-MTGT

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Location

Kongens Lyngby, Hovedstaden

Job date

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 08:54:47 GMT

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