Global Category Manager - CAPEX & Special Projects

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 CAPEX and Special Projects Category Manager’s main role is to execute and deploy the company’s CAPEX strategy in alignment with the business.

 

The role includes but not limited to management of strategic sourcing activities for CAPEX and other Transformation related transactions such as M&As, Sales of Assets etc.

 

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 Operational Excellence, Manufacturing Excellence  and Procurement Operations Teams 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 organisation and the assigned category
• Accountable for consolidating supplier, market, category and internal business data and information to form the Category Strategy and run sourcing activities
• Accountable for developing and implementing a cohesive, business-aligned long-term Category Strategy at both the category and sub-category level, in alignment with key senior stakeholders across all BUs and Divisions
• Accountable for developing and communicating Category Plans for key areas of the category
• Responsible for the communication of the final Category Strategy and Category Plans to the relevant stakeholders
• Accountable for ensuring the resources, information and tools are in place for project execution throughout the category
• Owns the key supplier relationship and defines governance process.
• Accountable for ensuring robust contractual arrangements are in place for the category
• Accountable for the development of the “Category Playbook” to summarize the strategy, to communicate key contacts and suppliers and to guide the best practice approach to operational buying
• Accountable for monitoring compliance and adherence to Trivium Procurement policies and procedures
• Responsible for ensuring internal issues are addressed and resolved on a timely manner
• 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
• Assess and manage risks across the Procurement categories while developing and contributing to a risk strategy for the categories together with mitigating actions
• Manage contracts throughout their entire lifecycle including all changes, variations and claim management