ManpowerGroup, on behalf of its client, a leading printing company, is in search of a Senior Category Manager to join the team, in Athens, Greece.
Responsibilities:
The job holder will be running the whole procurement process, developing long-term strategies for product categories, and managing relationships with suppliers.
More specifically he/she will:
- Manage direct purchasing transactions with a focus on raw materials such as special paper and plastics and certain cover materials for company’s own manufacture.
- Run the whole procurement process from supplier survey to RFI, RFQ up to negotiating of the related contracts.
- Investigate and drive make or buy analysis and actively contribute to related decisions incl. managing external production and development partner.
- Take over negotiations of purchase and service contracts, based on commodity group strategy and project needs.
- Develop further the existing purchasing and commodity group strategy and undertake analyses of the market and the development of sustainably successful supplier relationships.
- Initiate and carry out measures and projects for cost reduction and cost avoidance together with the demand carrier.
- Cooperate and take over procurement processes in projects (matrix procurement) and prepare the commercial and technical evaluation of offers with award proposals
- Report and prepare relevant KPls and maintain them in purchasing dashboards.
- Monitor supplier performance and take effective action in case of any deviations including recourse handling.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in international (project) purchasing in the procurement, ideally in the paper and/or plastic manufacturing industry
- BSc in Supply Chain, Business Administration or relevant field preferred
- High level of expertise in purchasing processes and methods and knowledge in contract management and purchasing law topics
- Fluency in English
- Knowledge of German is considered a benefit
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Good knowledge of ERP SAP & Navision and Power BI
- Excellent interpersonal, social and communication skills
- Very good negotiation and persuasion skills
- Proactiveness and organizational skills
- Strong team orientation, commitment and a high degree of self-motivation
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Laptop and mobile phone
- Medical plan
- Annual Bonus Scheme
