Global Category Manager - Professional (Professional & HR Services)

Trivium Packaging is a global sustainability leader in metal packaging with more than 60 locations worldwide, nearly 8,000 employees, and an annual revenue of approximately €3.0 billion. Trivium serves a diverse range of customers in a variety of end markets such as food, seafood, pet food, nutrition, beauty and personal care, household care, and premium beverages.

Trivium wants to shape the industry and has embarked on an ambitious transformation journey. In the near term, focus is on building & upskilling the team, deciding where to play & how to win, and increasing financial performance by executing the Trivium Business System (commercial, operational, and supply chain excellence). Sustainability is embedded in our materials and in our actions. Trivium has ambitious sustainability targets and focuses exclusively on products that are infinitely recyclable. Our company sustainability journey has been awarded with a Platinum medal by EcoVadis, the world’s leading rating agent who allocated this award only to the top 1% of the >75000 companies reviewed. Sustainability is embedded in each and every function at Trivium, it‘s in our DNA. The global head office is at Amsterdam Airport; however, many people work in virtual teams from different countries. Our culture is results-driven, entrepreneurial, informal, and highly multicultural. Our people have a high degree of responsibility. 

Purpose of the role: 

 

The Professional & HR Services Category Manager’s main role is to independently create, manage and deploy purchasing strategy for assigned commodity groups.

The role includes but not limited to management of strategic sourcing activities for Financial, Legal, HR Services, Communications, Outsourced Operations & T&E.

The person is responsible to convert business needs into sourcing actions, securing optimal price/value ratio of purchases and delivering agreed saving initiatives. The Category Manager is the primary face towards suppliers when it comes to negotiation, contract lifecycle and performance management. Ensures good communication, information flow and collaboration between different hierarchical levels to pass high quality standards into the company.

The Manager successfully interacts with Procurement Operations in order to collect business needs and secure that category strategy is implemented on plant level. Ensures the highest efficiency combined with innovation, automation to increase value.

 

 

Your responsibilities: 

 

• Accountable for ensuring delivery against the overall and individual Procurement Targets defined for the organization and the assigned category
• Responsible for the development creation and communication of the final Category Strategy and Category Plans to the relevant stakeholders
• Owns the key supplier relationship and defines governance process.
• Accountable for ensuring robust contractual arrangements are in place for the category
• Actively drive integration of Procurement in core business processes, ensure the implementation of Procurement governance model and ensure consistency with the Trivium requirements and standards
• Manage contracts throughout their entire lifecycle including all changes, variations and claim management
• Manage negotiation process, content and results
• Establish cross-functional teams to negotiate and implement improved service delivery
• Collaborate closely with relevant departments to ensure understanding and compliance with key procurement strategies and policies
• Provide periodic and ad hoc reports and forecasts on performance against plan and potential in following up on KPIs and reporting on trends 

This role will suit you if you have the following:

 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• 8-10 years of experience in strategic procurement, with a strong focus on indirect categories and strategy creation.
• Multiple years of experience in managing complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong negotiating & communication skills. Thorough understanding of sales/marketing practices. Reputable Negotiation Training Certification
• Solid knowledge of contracting principles and ability to draft key contractual terms independently.
• Demonstrated world class supplier relationship skills. Continuously, but constructively, demanding of supplier’s pe