Mission

As Category Manager you will be our key leader of the assigned spend categories which are mainly marketing & communication services. You are responsible for the development and implementation of robust sourcing strategies that link to core business deliverables while leveraging the marketplace and supplier community. You will perform end to end strategic sourcing/category management functions such as analyzing third party spend to identify opportunities, integrating category strategies, and executing the procurement process. In addition, you will develop relationships and provide strategic category direction to your internal customers and cross functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Incorporate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) requirements as part of the sourcing activities.
• Drive a high-level performance within a culture of collaboration, whilst focusing on process standardization, implementation of best practices and talent development, including inclusion & diversity.
• Develop, direct, and manage overall purchasing roadmaps for assigned spend categories and oversee the execution of initiatives - accountable for reporting of purchasing savings and compliance.
• Develop negotiation strategies & participate in negotiations with vendors on price, delivery, terms, data quality and sustainability.
• Establishing and maintaining measurable performance metrics for all levels of procurement activities to include but not limited to supplier performance, supplier quality, internal order placement performance and on-time deliveries.
• Promote collaboration between Hager's Regional Sourcing Community to find synergies and negotiate aggregated volumes to achieve commercial benefits