Experteer Overview As General 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

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