Overview

As Category Manager for Stamping, Machining, and Die Casting you lead the global ETO procurement strategy for a €160M portfolio, spanning Europe and international plants. You shape category strategy, align regional priorities with global COE, and drive supplier resilience, negotiations, and long-term capability. You partner with cross-functional teams to secure supply security, cost competitiveness, and growth. This role offers high-impact, strategic leadership in a fast-growing, engineering-to-order environment.

Compensaciones / Beneficios

- annual bonus
- company car
- health care
- pension fund contribution
- Medicover package
- WESOP (share option)

Responsabilidades

- Build 3–5 year category strategy and APOP deployment
- Define category strategies aligned with plant, product, local and general requirements
- Conduct demand and risk assessments to anticipate capacity and supplier readiness
- Coordinate cross-functional strategy execution across G ETO plants
- Lead critical supplier escalations and ensure timely resolutions
- Lead negotiations for MSAs, capacity agreements, and long-term commitments
- Drive supplier engagement through SRM and executive reviews
- Drive YoY productivity via negotiation, supplier changes, QVE and better payment terms
- Oversee SBO projects to balance strategic partners,



challengers and local players
- Coordinate sustainability initiatives and ensure supplier compliance with policies

Requisitos principales

- Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, Business or related field
- 10+ years in strategic procurement and category management in a complex industrial/ETO environment
- Ability to define and execute short- and long-term category and supplier strategies
- Strong business acumen to drive growth, competitiveness, and profitability
- Analytical mindset with expertise in market intelligence, cost analysis, risk management, data-driven decisions
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills across organizational levels
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills
- Proven leadership in matrix and cross-functional environments
- Advanced digital and AI proficiency including GenAI, analytics, automation in procurement
- Passion for innovation, customer focus, and end-to-end supply chain perspective
- Adaptability, learning agility, and resilience
- Structured, results-oriented execution attitude

- Negotiation
- Stakeholder management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Market intelligence
- Cost analysis
- Risk management

📌 Global ETO Category Manager, Stamping, Machining & Die Casting - españa
🏢 Schneider Electric
📍 España