Global Category Manager Digital Solutions

Do you enjoy cultivating your strategic thinking skills? Are you a person with high business focus and IT knowledge? Would you like to be part of the SKF digitalization journey? 

 

Then you could be our next 

 

Global Category Manager Digital Solutions

SKF has been around for more than a century, and today we are one of the world’s largest supplier of bearings and related services and solutions. Our products are found everywhere in society. In fact, wherever there is movement, SKF’s solutions may be used. This means that we are an important part of the everyday lives of people and companies around the world.

 

SKF´s digitalization journey is in an exciting phase where translating digital solutions to business impact is key. As Global Category Manager Digital Solution you will play a vital part in the value realization, working closely with key stakeholders to grasp business requirements and opportunities as well as forming strategic relationships with key suppliers. 

To thrive in this role we believe you have IT competencies and experience either from strategic sourcing or strategic sales- and business development within several IT domains. You have a natural interest in business and get energy from working towards ambitious goals. You enjoy achieving results in a collaborative way and you are effective in making fact-based decisions. 

 

You will be part of a diverse and highly skilled team of Global Category Managers with ambition to add value to the business by developing category strategies and establishing resilient supplier bases. In this role you will have interfaces to several of the SKF Global IT organizations and units where major change initiatives within digitalization are being run.

Key responsibilities
•    You will develop, communicate- and implement IT category strategies with the aim to optimize IT solutions and total cost of ownership for SKF
•    You will lead teams in sourcing projects and renegotiations, capture requirements, evaluate suppliers and supplier markets, negotiate agreements, and implement.
•    You will handle the supplier relations globally with your suppliers and follow up supplier performance.
•    You will meet internal stakeholders from the SKF IT organizations as well as from other business functions to understand and document requirements for enabling sourcing, re-negotiations and management of commercial supplier relations.
•    You will meet stakeholders and your colleagues from IT purchasing every day and exchange ideas & issues.
•    Every day you will be part of developing- and supporting the SKF digitalization journey.

We expect you to 

For this job you need to have the ability to drive strategic sourcing of IT solutions in a global corporate environment. We believe you have attained this ability either in a procurement role or by selling and/or delivering IT solutions in such environment. In addition to this, we expect you to: 
•    Have a proven experience of achieving business results through collaboration in a global environment
•    Be an engaged negotiator with the ability to pick up and act on movements and trends affecting business
•    Have good communication skills (verbal and written) in English
•    Have a degree in a relevant field, such as Business Administration, IT or an equivalent working experience
•    Have excellent project management skills with a structured way of working
•    Have experience in IT Service Management, integrating IT suppliers in a multi-vendor supplier ecosystem in a global context
•    Have experience in understanding/reviewing and/or negotiating complex IT contracts and have excellent financial and analytical skills

Skills in SAP, Ariba Sourcing and the Ariba Request to Order solution are meritorious.
 
You will enjoy working here if you
• Are business focused and are driven by value and efficiency
• Can create sound relations with suppliers based on mutual respect
• Are a self-driven person who likes speed and enjoys driving change
• Get energy from working with people from different cultures 

 

We offer
• A possibility to work in role in a dynamic and international environment
• A position where you can will work close with key stakeholders and have a high impact on business
• Supportive and driven colleagues and global teamwork together with purchasing professional

Some additional information for you

Location: at SKF’s headquarters in Gothenburg.

 

Are you interested?
…and meet the above requirements, please submit your application with CV in English no later than