Category Marketing Manager

1 week ago


Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden Incluso AB Full time

We are looking for a Category Manager Marketing for a global retail company in Stockholm. Start ASAP, 4 months contract to begin with.

Group Indirect Procurement is a newly established function within the company. The purpose of this function is to achieve cost efficiencies, capture procurement synergies, and reduce supplier risks within indirect goods and services across Brands and Functions within the Group.

Description:

As a Category Manager within the area of marketing procurement, you'll lead and develop specific categories of spend. Your role involves strategic opportunity assessment, category strategy, category planning, and sourcing. You'll drive fact-based procurement initiatives, analyzing spend and contracts while exploring supplier markets. You will also implement strategies to ensure long-term success.

You will play a crucial role in our organization and your responsibilities will include:

  • Identifying opportunities for improvement within your category, conducting spend analysis, and assessing the development of spend categories.
  • Creating and executing a category plan, including strategic sourcing initiatives, to optimize procurement processes and maximize value.
  • Monitoring and managing supplier relationships, both existing and potential, in alignment with business needs.
  • Ensuring long-term contract compliance and performance, securing sustainable results.
  • Implementing strategic changes to drive innovation and improvement in your category, often including different levels of change management.
  • Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across the organization, leading Category teams, and influencing decision-makers.

Qualifications:

  • Extensive experience within marketing procurement, specifically in media, production, digital services, and events.
  • Ability to build and maintain professional stakeholder relationships across brands and functions.
  • Result-driven with an understanding of structured change management to achieve expected results.
  • Patience to secure long-term sustainable results while meeting deadlines to ensure progress.

Additionally, we see that you have:

  • Extensive experience from Category Management and Sourcing of Marketing Services in a large enterprise environment.
  • University degree in Procurement, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or Management.
  • Proficiency in category management, sourcing, and negotiation, complemented with strong analytical capabilities, including conducting spend analysis and opportunity assessment.
  • Understanding of different pricing models and contract structures.
  • Able to secure progress in complex situations.
  • Experience from Strategic sourcing and negotiations.
  • Experience in driving change in complex organizations with many stakeholders.
  • Developing and implementing procurement strategies.
  • Fluent in English.

This is a full-time consultant position through Incluso in Stockholm. Start is ASAP, 4 months limited contract to begin with. This role is 100% on-site in Stockholm.

Please submit your CV in English as soon as possible since we will review the applications on an ongoing basis.

For more information about this role, please contact Marianne Nilsson, recruiter at Incluso.

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