Overview In this role you drive category management and sourcing for a regional portfolio, ensuring supply at optimal total cost. You will own the strategy for a substantial spend, lead supplier negotiations, and coordinate with global and cross-functional teams to realize savings and resilience. You’ll leverage TDC and regional benchmarks to maximize value, while contributing to a sustainability- and ethics-driven culture. This position offers a long-term career path within a global company.

Compensaciones / Beneficios

competitive compensation long-term career path access to best-in-class resources and technology sustainability-focused culture safety-focused environment ethical company reputation

Responsabilidades

Category management and strategy formulation for assigned spend; deploy roadmap Owns $95M spend; defines and executes sourcing strategies Directly leads supplier negotiations Apply Total Delivered Cost (TDC) methodology from formulation to implementation Benchmark regional strategies against global sourcing, leveraging general scale Lead savings projects and initiatives to meet team targets Collaborate across Supply Chain, SHE,



and Commercial teams; manage milestones Develop business continuity plans and risk assessments; address supply disruptions Communicate updates to internal stakeholders Maintain expert knowledge of categories, competition and innovations Engage with business to address supplier, market, material, and service needs

Requisitos principales

7–10 years of experience in International Sourcing Experience in Indirect Procurement across Professional/Support Services, Temporary Workers, Subcontractors, Finance/Business Consulting, Marketing, HR, etc. Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Finance or related field; Sourcing/Negotiation qualification preferred Advanced English; another European language a plus Technical background in manufacturing processes preferred Proven Procurement framework experience (Strategic Sourcing, Category Management and SRM) Experience leading a high-achieving team Strong project management, cross-functional leadership, and milestone delivery Strong problem solving, adaptive negotiation skills Team player with interpersonal and communication skills; strong business acumen Communication Team collaboration Strategic thinking Category Management Strategic Sourcing SRM (Supplier Relationship Management)

📌 Procurement Senior Representative - Business Services - barcelona
🏢 Ecolab
📍 Barcelona