Global Category Manager, Services

3 days ago

Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Pandora AS Full time
Global Category Manager, Services - Interim

Country/Region: DK

Application Deadline: 11-04-2025

Global Category Manager– Interim

Do you want to join an ambitious global Procurement team and are you a process driven individual ready to help us drive our category management offering across professional services, HR and Finance etc.? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Description & Areas of Responsibility

In this role, you'll be part of a global Category Management team who work across all of Pandora's indirect spend. You will be reporting to the Director of Global Category Management.

You will furthermore be working closely with the Strategic Sourcing team, the local Procurement teams globally and stakeholders across the Pandora organization. You will navigate at all levels of the organization including potential C-suite, ensuring that Global Procurement is always seen as a valued and trusted business partner.

Key Responsibilities include:

  1. Executing and delivering on Projects and Strategies in accordance with our Global Cost Program targets for the Category.
  2. Maintaining the governance for the Category and subcategories.
  3. Delivering results within areas such as top- and bottom-line impact, risk management, sustainability & compliance management.
  4. Drive sourcing projects alone and together with the sourcing team.
  5. Negotiation lead with key global suppliers.
  6. Maintaining the supplier relation management (SRM) approach.
  7. Managing the Category objectives (KPIs).
  8. Analyse and act on market trends, opportunities, risks etc.
  9. Be part of the digitization journey taking place across procurement in specific and Pandora in general.

We imagine the ideal profile to be a self-driven and a deadline-oriented individual who thrives on juggling many priorities and navigating in the field of multiple suppliers and stakeholders. You are a team player with an analytical mindset and enjoy working in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment. We see you as a passionate individual with a drive for what you do, a strong, commercial professional with broad interpersonal, communication and adaptive skills.

Something about You:

  1. +3 Years of experience from roles within Category Management, Sourcing, Procurement or similar in a global/international setting.
  2. A bachelor's or master's degree, preferably within Business Administration, Economics, Finance or another relevant field.
  3. Experience with the 6 Sourcing Steps (or similar).
  4. Strong negotiation experience and skills.
  5. The ability to work towards deadlines.
  6. A dynamic and self-starter profile with a result-oriented approach and the ability to motivate others to deliver results.

We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible. You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site If you can see yourself in the position and would like to become part of Pandora's future growth journey, we look forward to hearing from you

Icing on the cake: You will be working out of our beautiful Global Office in Copenhagen V, established in 2016 and designed to unite and inspire our teams. Besides our beautiful interior design, we are also proud of our LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design. This means that we use as few natural resources as possible and that we use them with respect. The result is a professional and dynamic space that is unique, comfortable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here or comes to visit.

About Pandora: Pandora is the world's largest jewellery brand, specialising in the design, crafting and marketing of accessible luxury jewellery made from high-quality materials. Each piece is created to inspire self-expression, allowing people to share their stories and passions through meaningful jewellery. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 6,800 points of sale, including more than 2,700 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 37,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery using only recycled silver and gold. Pandora is committed to leadership in sustainability and has set out to halve greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2030. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated revenue of DKK 31.7 billion (EUR 4.2 billion) in 2024.

At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people's loves. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels respected and valued.

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