Category Manager mfx - Hydraulic and Electrical Powertrain
Category Manager mfx - Hydraulic and Electrical Powertrain
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Job Description
Job Responsibilities
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies in collaboration with stakeholders to improve costcompetitiveness and create value for the company
- Lead sourcing processes including vendor scouting tendering and contract negotiations ensuring alignment with company goals
- Facilitate cooperation among category teams including supplier managers and stakeholders to establish and act on common objectives
- Identify new business opportunities within the assigned categories and drive initiatives to capture them
- Ensure compliance and optimize the supplier base by allocating spend to capable and costcompetitive vendors
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers and partners to ensure sustainable collaboration
- Act as a subject matter expert on market trends suppliers industries commodities and competitors within your categories
- Identify and implement process enhancements in sourcing and procurement including tools workflows and ways of working
- Prepare and lead business meetings while effectively communicating the status and strategy of category activities internally
- Contribute to the development and execution of companywide initiatives in collaboration with crossfunctional teams
- Other responsibilities may be assigned by the supervisor as needed
Requirements and Competence
To succeed in this role you need to be a highly motivated selfstarter with strong analytical and strategic thinking skills. You bring at least 5 years of experience in a similar position ideally with a background in sourcing supplier management or sales. A university degree in Economics Engineering or a related field equips you with the foundational knowledge to excel in this role.
You have excellent negotiation and communication skills combined with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and organizational levels. Confidence in data analysis and evaluation is key as youll need to process and interpret complex datasets to support decisionmaking.
Fluency in English is essential and additional language skills are a plus. Youre comfortable working in a fastpaced environment managing multiple priorities and maintaining focus under pressure. With your ability to travel and your proactive mindset youll thrive in this dynamic and impactful role.
Additional Information :
Konecranes moves what matters. We are a global leader in material handling solutions serving a broad range of customers across multiple industries. We consistently set the industry benchmark from everyday improvements to the breakthroughs at moments that matter most because we know we can always find a safer more productive and sustainable way. Thats why with 16 000 professionals in over 50 countries we are trusted every day to lift handle and move what the world needs.
Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
Company Industry
Key Skills
- Engineering Support
- MAC
- Hydraulic
- General Services
- Ado
- Health Education
