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Carrier Category Manager - Professional Services in Mem Martins, Portugal
Country:
Portugal
Location:
Estrada de Mem-Martins N.º 7 2725-109 Mem Martins
Role: Category Manager - Professional Service
Location : Lisbon - Estrada de Mem-Martins N.º 7 2725-109 Mem Martins
Contract type : Full time
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At Carrier, you’re joining the world leader in healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. We create solutions that matter for people and our planet – and our employees are the heart of it all. We are a company of innovators and problem-solvers who are united by The Carrier Way – our vision, values and culture.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Category Manager - Professional Services within Indirect Supply Chain Organization.
This Manager will be responsible for creating and developing an industry leading Professional Services category management strategy to manage the $30M+ portfolio of spend strategically to create step changes in value creation and industry leading performance in all aspects of procurement including strategy, organizational alignment, sourcing and category management, supplier relationship management, operating process management, performance management, digital and technology.
Responsibilities:
Category Planning:
Lead the aggregation, normalization, and analysis of spend data to identify potential value opportunities.
Develop and Deploy Categories and Subcategories Purchasing Strategies.
Sourcing and Contracting:
Drive sourcing projects.
Define goals, including roles and responsibilities of stakeholders.
Incorporate business requirements into sourcing plans and Strategies.
Deep dive current spend information/data to identify sourcing projects for individual subcategories, and develop an overall cost reduction plan, scorecards and continuous improvements plans.
Coordinate and lead negotiations
Process Improvement:
Ensure appropriate cross-functional partnering on process improvement projects.
Actively seeks ways to streamline business processes.
Supplier Relationship Management:
Foster performance-based supplier relationships to create short-term and long-term value for the company.
Lead global business reviews with strategic suppliers to ensure performance against contracted obligations and entities expectations.
Benefits
We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all our employees and enhancing our programs when necessary.
Among the many benefits, Carrier offers Exciting innovative environment, possibility for further development and international career opportunities, high-profile team, daily use of English and other foreign languages, language courses.
Competitive remuneration and other benefits (meal vouchers, contribution to life or pension insurance, holidays etc.),
Flexible working hours, possibility for home office, personal days off.
Requirements :
Develop strong collaboration with HR department, Local entities and Indirect local Buyers to align on strategy, supplier selection, change management, and sustainability of value creation.
Effectively communicate and influence internally and externally to C-suite level.
Effectively manage supplier relationships up to and including C-suite level and transform from traditional buy-sell relationships to joint value creation/co-risk share models.
Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture.
Ability to manage multiple projects at a time and often under tight timeframes.
Hands-on experience leading multi-regional or global initiatives.
Strong project management skills, including stakeholder, timeline, and meeting management skills.
Our commitment to you
Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way.
Join us and make a difference.
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