Category Specialist/ Senior Category Specialist

• Lead the development, improvement and roll out of category strategies
• Running cost saving projects and locallization initiatives
• Monitoring supply risks and developing sourcing strategies
• Negotiating commercial terms and supply conditions
• Benchmark studies
• Inputting correct material prices in the system
• Minimize pricing errors in SAP
• Investigate & correct pricing errors
• Identify and resolve financial risk.
• Negotiate and implement contracts
• Successful introduction of ISIRs and pilot runs
• Securing suppliers that match company business goals
• Global material discussions and negotiations
• Market Analysis
• Spend Analysis

• Degree - Engineering / Supply Chain / Procurement
• 3 - 5 years' experience in Procurement
• High degree of analytical capability
• Understand manufacturing processes
• Ability to engage, network and influence suppliers
• Proven track record for problem solving and successful project delivery
• Proficient in MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
• Must have very good SAP knowledge and skill

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