Category Manager – Marketing

1 week ago

Stockholm, Sweden Jobbusters AB Full time

Job Description

We are looking for a Category Manager Marketing for our well-known client within retail in Stockholm.

Group Indirect Procurement is a newly established function within the company. The purpose with the 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.

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 their 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 level of change management.
- Building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across the organization, leading Category teams, and influencing decision-makers.

Qualifications

- You hold a university degree in Procurement, Business Admin, Industrial Eng., and Management.
- You have extensive experience within marketing procurement, specifically in media, production, digital services, and events.
- You have proficiency in category management, sourcing, and negotiation, complemented with strong analytical capabilities, including conducting spend analysis and opportunity assessment.
- You are fluent in English, both oral and written.

Personal Qualities

You can build and maintain professional stakeholder relationships across brands and functions.

You are result driven and understand the importance of structured change management to achieve expected results. You have patience to secure long term sustainable results, while at the same time set and meet deadlines to secure progress.

Company Description

Our client who operates in retail is a Swedish listed company. They have clear values regarding respect for the individual, strong faith in employees and teamwork. They have stores all over the world and a number of offices in Stockholm where you will be located.

When you join JobBusters

As a consultant at JobBusters, you can feel secure with a collective agreement, available consultant managers and committed recruiters. As a consultant, you also get access to our network of exciting companies and clients For us, it is important that you as a consultant feel comfortable, feel a sense of security and community with us as an employer. We offer an occupational pension, salary change and the option of flexpension. You also get access to our benefits portal, where in addition to wellness allowance you have access to lots of discounts and offers in wellnes, home and leisure, transport, healthcare and much more Your well-being is of the highest priority for us, and we therefore offer you as an employee Corporate Health Care to deal with all the challenges of everyday life, both at work and in private life.

Admission and Application

Full time position, 40h/week. The position will start as soon as possible, and the assignment is expected to run until 2025-06-30 with possibility of extension. For this assignment you will be employed by JobBusters and work as a consultant for our client in Stockholm. Submit your application in English today, as interviews are ongoing.

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