Category Manager

Are you ready to be part of an engaged and high-performing team? At Svanehøj, we seek a skilled Category Manager to join our Category Management Department.

Competitive an best-in-class supply chain

As a Category Manager, you will play an important role in maintaining a competitive and best-in-class supply chain within your defined area of responsibility. Your primary focus will be identifying, scoping, and capitalizing on improvement opportunities from a total cost of ownership perspective. You will deliver on key performance indicators such as quality, lead time, cost, cash flow, etc.

You will become a valuable member of a team with 3 Category Managers in Svenstrup Denmark and 2 Strategic Purchasers in Calais France led by the Head of Category Management. We work in an open, friendly, independent, and supportive way to give place to individual growth and to achieve good team performance. We believe that having fun at the workplace is important while we work hard and smart.

Areas of Responsibility and Collaborative Relationships:

• Assume overall responsibility for defined categories and suppliers.
• Lead and coordinate a cross-functional team to define, implement, and realize category strategies to support sourcing targets and company development.
• Take charge of all commercial issues regarding sourcing, supply, and suppliers.
• Ensure on-time delivery with the right quality and the best possible total cost from a secured and dynamic supply base.

Key Tasks:

• Define and implement category strategies to achieve defined targets.
• Lead and coordinate activities within the cross-functional category team to secure material supply and continuously improve supply performance in the total cost of ownership.
• Negotiate buying conditions with suppliers, establish supply contracts, and maintain supply data in internal systems.
• Take full responsibility for supplier performance and development in quality, delivery, cost, and relationship.
• Analyze sourcing data and benchmark to identify improvement opportunities.
• Maintain a secure and dynamic supply base through effective supplier relationship management and new supplier selection.
• Provide regular reports and updates on strategies and performance as requested by management.

Qualifications and Skills

• Rich experience in category management or strategic sourcing from one or more international manufacturing companies. Cross-functional leading experience is a plus.
• With an analytical mind, you are able to interpret and integrate information to create a sourcing strategy.
• Motivated by creating solid partnerships, interested in people and team dynamics.
• Good leadership skills with the ability to decide and initiate actions and to lead and supervise a team.
• Positive, self-driven, and proactive.
• Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
• Willingness to travel mainly in DK & EU, about 15-20 days yearly.

An international organization in rapid growth

Svanehøj is a global organization with 300+ employees in offices in Denmark, the UK, France, Singapore, Japan, the US, and China, owned by a private eqauity fond.

Their unique culture is characterized by the will to succeed. The organization is founded on high technical and commercial knowledge and expertise. This also means that the members support each other, give each other competent feedback, and display team spirit.

At Svanehøj, everybody contributes positively to an environment with cooperation, empowerment, and continued development in the job through exciting challenges and personal development. You will work in a flat organizational structure where new ideas can easily be turned into action.

If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and achievements.