Senior Category Manager

ManpowerGroup, on behalf of its client, a leading printing company, is in search of a Senior Category Manager to join the team, in Athens, Greece.

Responsibilities:

The job holder will be running the whole procurement process, developing long-term strategies for product categories, and managing relationships with suppliers.

More specifically he/she will:

• Manage direct purchasing transactions with a focus on raw materials such as special paper and plastics and certain cover materials for company’s own manufacture.

• Run the whole procurement process from supplier survey to RFI, RFQ up to negotiating of the related contracts.

• Investigate and drive make or buy analysis and actively contribute to related decisions incl. managing external production and development partner.

• Take over negotiations of purchase and service contracts, based on commodity group strategy and project needs.

• Develop further the existing purchasing and commodity group strategy and undertake analyses of the market and the development of sustainably successful supplier relationships.

• Initiate and carry out measures and projects for cost reduction and cost avoidance together with the demand carrier.

• Cooperate and take over procurement processes in projects (matrix procurement) and prepare the commercial and technical evaluation of offers with award proposals

• Report and prepare relevant KPls and maintain them in purchasing dashboards.

• Monitor supplier performance and take effective action in case of any deviations including recourse handling.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in international (project) purchasing in the procurement, ideally in the paper and/or plastic manufacturing industry
• BSc in Supply Chain, Business Administration or relevant field preferred

• High level of expertise in purchasing processes and methods and knowledge in contract management and purchasing law topics

• Fluency in English

• Knowledge of German is considered a benefit

• Proficiency in MS Office

• Good knowledge of ERP SAP & Navision and Power BI

• Excellent interpersonal, social and communication skills

• Very good negotiation and persuasion skills

• Proactiveness and organizational skills

• Strong team orientation, commitment and a high degree of self-motivation

• Flexible to travel

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Laptop and mobile phone

• Medical plan

• Annual Bonus Scheme

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