Global Category Manager

3 months ago


Lyngby, Denmark COWI Full time

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 support COWI's ambitions on development and optimization. For Procurement to become a strategic partner for our business when engaging with professional service suppliers, and to implement a structured category strategy for professional services category, 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.

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