Experteer Overview As Global Category Manager for Direct Procurement, you drive packaging category strategy across a multinational context, collaborating with Supply Chain, Ru0026amp; D and Plant Management to align on demand, supplier performance, and long-term sourcing. You balance tactical execution with strategic design-to-cost and cost optimization initiatives, ensuring day-to-day supply reliability while shaping future category direction. This role suits a proactive, interculturally fluent professional who thrives in cross-country, cross-functional environments.

You will lead supplier management, market research, and risk management to deliver measurable procurement outcomes.Compensaciones / Beneficios - Lead Procurement and Supplier Management of the Packaging category within Direct Procurement - Engage with division stakeholders to define supplier requirements including change requests (CRs) - Ensure direct material KPIs to measure and optimize procurement performance - Achieve procurement targets including total sourcing costs for the category - Define, implement,



and execute the category strategy - Execute strategic sourcing, VAT, design-to-cost, and total cost of ownership (TCO) projects - Perform supplier management across phase-in, evaluation, classification, development, and phase-out - Conduct procurement market research and identify supplier innovations - Manage risk related to materials and suppliers - Oversee negotiation and contract award processes with stakeholders - Ensure SOPs, work instructions, guidelines and legal requirements are followed, with focus on Master Data and documentationResponsabilidades - University degree in Business Administration with purchasing/procurement releases - Experience in a similar position - Negotiation Skills - Fluency in EnglishRequisitos principales - flexible hours - hybrid teleworking - health insurance - language classes - individualized development plan - employee store discounts

Integral Category Manager • Barcelona, Kingdom Of Spain, ES

📌 Global Category Manager (Madrid)
🏢 PAUL HARTMANN
📍 Madrid