Global Category Manager Commercial Equipment & Services

Global Category Manager – Commercial Equipment

We have an exciting opening within the Commercial Procurement team. The Global Category Manager Commercial Equipment is a critical role for the organisation, helping the company on both its commercial and sustainability agenda. On the commercial side of things, the main objective will be to help our Operating companies maximise the effectiveness their investments in Fridges and Draught beer innovations, from ensuring optimal placement to an efficient lifecycle management. With regards to sustainability, it will be about continuing to drive the reduction of the carbon footprint associated with the use of those equipments, enabling the deployment of energy efficient coolers and other related innovations.

 

Your Responsibilities

 

Commercial Excellence

• Drive an end-to-end commercial approach to commercial equipment (and associated services) enabling our operating companies (‘OpCos’) to optimise the total cost of  their equipment whilst enabling their commercial objectives (including better placement, servicing costs reduction, and through initiative such as asset tracking, refurbishment, or leasing model implementation)
• Develop and implement the fridge strategy and source to contract process, safeguarding a competitive and sustainable supplier landscape meeting business needs.
• Facilitating our harmonisation efforts ensuring a coherent landscape of equipment in the field.

 

Supplier relationship management (SRM) 

• Establish and maintain strong partnerships with suppliers ensuring HEINEKEN is a customer of choice, continuously guaranteeing security of supply and business-relevant innovations.
• Implement where relevant performance-based remuneration

 

Sustainability: 

• Be a key contributor to the sustainability agenda, leading the implementation of energy efficiency improvements with suppliers in line with the Net Zero roadmap for 2030 and 2040

 

Experience & profile

How: 

• Excellent communication skills, able to federate, navigate between cultures, various trading context, and different levels of expertise and seniority. Someone significant impact on the business,
• Result-orientated mindset, delivering impactful projects and initiatives through to completion
• Insights-driven – leveraging various information and data points to make decision and/or shape an approach
• With an entrepreneurial mindset: resilient, not afraid to challenge the status quo, starting fast, learning fast and adjusting its approach towards continuously improved value delivery

 

What:

• Education: University level
• Work experience: 10 years+
• Required work experience in field of expertise: Experience in Commerce/Procurement preferred, ideally having worked in in a complex international (FMCG) environment. Experience in dealing with CAPEX is a plus
• Functional skills: Strategic Sourcing, Stakeholder Management, Negotiation Skills, Analytical & strategic insight skills, Trade Marketing and sustainability principles understanding, Category & Supplier Management
• Languages: Fluent English language required. Additional language is a plus

 

Embracing and celebrating diversity is core to HEINEKEN’s purpose of “brewing the joy of true togetherness to inspire a better world”. We believe that people as diverse as our brews – including and not limited to gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religious belief, nationality, social background, disability and thinking style – enrich our lives and strengthen our business. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates as we champion a culture of belonging that provides fair and equal opportunities for all.