Global Category Manager
2 days ago
Lyngby
Hybrid
Permanent
Are you ready to play a pivotal role in driving efficiencies and ensuring collaborative culture and partnership with professional services suppliers? Can you strategically manage and enhance our professional services category? Do you have a strong background in category management with a track record of success in strategic sourcing? If so, we invite you to join our team as the Global Category Manager for Professional Services, where you'll help shape the future.
Shape a future where people and societies grow and flourish
Acquiring external specialized expertise with industry insight and subject matter knowledge supports COWI's ambitions on development and optimization. We are seeking a Global Category Manager for Professional Services with deep expertise and firsthand experience in the necessary processes.
On a day-to-day basis, you will:
- Oversee the Professional Services Category, developing and implementing a global strategy for professional services, incl. management consulting, legal, HR, and financial services, etc.
- Continuously optimize professional services spending via value-adding procurement initiatives, while maintaining a realistic cost level for the professional services category.
- Develop a collaborative partnership with internal stakeholders and act as a procurement advisor to proactively identify sourcing opportunities and cost improvement potentials for relevant professional services.
- Establish preferred and strategic supplier portfolios for each professional services area to streamline service adoption and enhance commercial terms and service quality.
- Implement robust governance and Supplier Relationship Management through KPIs and SLAs to enhance supplier performance in service quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, therefore increasing the value delivered to COWI.
- Integrate sustainability criteria and metrics into the acquisition of professional services and performance reporting.
- Actively lead and contribute to implementing and enhancing the Procurement strategy, processes, tools, and related initiatives.
Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.
To succeed in this role, you need to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
On top of that, you will:
- Hold a master's degree with 7+ years of experience in strategic procurement in international organizations.
- Have a solid commercial mindset with in-depth knowledge of procurement strategy, tools, techniques, and processes.
- Proven track record of category management and contract negotiation for various professional services.
- Extensive experience in Stakeholder Management with enhanced interpersonal skills at all levels of the organization and across cultures.
- Excellent English language skills, both oral and written.
A place to work and so much more
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow.
What we offer?
In this role, you will enjoy a creative job with significant freedom in a diverse, international work environment, including:
- Collaborative opportunities with creative colleagues.
- Attractive employment conditions.
- Competitive salary based on your qualifications.
- An innovative cultural experience.
- An opportunity to further enhance and optimize professional services category in close collaboration with the main internal stakeholders.
Got more questions?
If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Global Talent Acquisition Specialist Mette Gutte at
Before you apply
All you need to include in your application is your CV – no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you’re interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.
Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we encourage candidates to apply as early as possible.
Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.
We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow.
Location: Lyngby
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