Category Manager with Fluent German (Fixed term for 6-9 months)

Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities

A sneak peek into this role:

• IBM is looking for a self-driven and highly motivated procurement category manager with proven experience to join our IBM Procurement Services team for one of IBM’s key clients in Germany
• As Category Manager you will own and lead projects for our German based client in the professional services industry along with providing category insights to assist and maintain in their strategy development
• You would need to independently run larger scale procurement projects requiring independence of thought strong stakeholder management skills and advanced negotiation and support periodic key stakeholder meetings with client to review category strategy and activities.

Why you will love your job:

• You will have chance to grow strategic sourcing skills and specific enhanced category knowledge
• You will have network with leading class sourcing professionals to support your role and career path
• Career path opportunities into more deep dive category expertise or more broader leadership horizons You will own primary responsibility to achieve client success against all contractual commitments at a category level
• You will be responsible to understand category deliverables savings commitments milestones and obligations– includes supporting reporting analytical readouts that recognize opportunities to improve

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

What you will bring to the team:

• 5-10 years experience of Category Management
• Deep specific FM category sourcing knowledge
• Fluent German (and English) and strong communication skills
• You will assist our clients with strategic sourcing and engage budget holders in strategic procurement strategies to maximize ROI from the investment appropriate levels of service and compliance with procedures and ensure that professional best practice is achieved
• You will be responsible for on-going category management activities including driving supplier performance demand management savings and increasing category compliance
• You will communicate and negotiate with clients and suppliers through all levels of organization primary interface to key category client stakeholders
• You will build and maintain open and transparent relationships with business colleagues that contribute to mitigating change resistance
• You will gather and analyze data to provide insights that support decisions
• Strong decision-making skills and demonstrated negotiation expertise
• Supplier relationship management expertise and client facing skills
• Proactive character and team player attitude
• High levels of personal drive initiative and commitment to business goals

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Experience with the following are bonus points but not necessary you can learn them at IBM:

• IT skills: Experience with dashboards and reporting tools in general

In return we provide you with:

• Dynamic diverse inclusive and supporting environment
• Professional skill – growth opportunities reskilling possibility
• Access to worldwide leading technologies
• Agile office area
• Hybrid working model
• Competitive compensation and benefit package including healthcare

And don’t worry if you don’t tick every single box in the requirements. We’re always looking to hire for potential and the right mindset – so we’d still love to hear back from you.

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• Randstad: Most Attractive SSC Employer in 2020
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• Disability-Friendly Workplace Best Employee & Role Model Employee Award (2021)
• Stevie Awards for our Teams & Professionals (2018 2019 2021)
• Hungarian Outsourcing Association CSR Award (2021)

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