Global Category Manager

Hobson Prior are looking for a Global Category Manager to join a Swiss global healthcare organisation who are focused on offering medical solutions in order to transform patients' lives. You will join the organisations Global Procurement Team and work on developing and executing Global Category Strategies as part of the Real Estate & Facility Management Category Team.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the creation and application of a business-aligned long-term Real Estate & Facility Management Category Strategy and the development of an annual pipeline of strategic category initiatives.
• Executing category initiatives and ensure delivery and reporting of savings targets.
• Providing expert input to the development of the Global Real Estate & Facility Management Category Strategy, guiding documents and processes and translating the Category Strategy and Annual Plan into clear, practical guidance for key procurement colleagues and business partner.
• Understanding business priorities and challenges and ensuring successful realization of the category strategy by building strong partnerships across geographically dispersed stakeholders and business partner and engaging with local and regional procurement.
• Ensuring a robust approach to supplier management, establishing value beyond savings, managing and reporting of supplier performance, developing innovation programs, managing supplier risks and conducting regular business reviews.

Key Skills:

• Excellent communication and project management skills.
• Ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams and deliver complex strategic initiatives, in a truly global, fluid, interactive and intercultural environment.

Requirements:

• University degree, with Business, Engineering, Real Estate, Facility Management or related Master's degree.
• A minimum of 7+ years in-depth strategic and/or operational procurement experience with extensive knowledge of category management and advanced strategic sourcing, with subject matter expertise in Real Estate and Facility Management categories such as IFM models, LCAM, Lean Management, ISO 55000, ISO 14012.
• Proven understanding of Real Estate and Facility Management, supplier market, market trends and innovation, international standards and capability in negotiation, change management and stakeholder management.
• Business level fluency in English and German.

Apply now:

If you are interested in learning more or applying to this exciting opportunity, please complete the form below and attach a copy of your CV. Alternatively, for further details or to talk directly to a life sciences recruitment specialist, please request a call back at the top of this page.

Hobson Prior is a leading life sciences recruiter focused on finding exceptional people and matching them with the finest positions across the globe. Hobson Prior is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.