Category Manager - Raw Material WE Procurement(m/w/x)

Posting Date: 9 Apr 2025 Location: Ziegelbrucke, CH Entity / company: Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) # Category Manager - Raw Material WE Procurement ***Category Manager - Raw Material WE Procurement*** ***As one of the leading brewers in the world, Carlsberg can offer you an exciting international career with outstanding individual growth opportunities. Working in the major league of global beer brands, you will be faced with many professional challenges allowing you to grow in your professional career. All it takes is your commitment and courage to face challenges head-on – and a passion for winning!*** ***Main purpose of the position:*** *RCM supports or handles the execution of category strategies defined by Team Lead on a local, regional or global basis. RCM participates and contributes into strategy development. RCM brings expertise directly to the day to day work in Local, regional or global basis.* *Category or geographical affiliation can be permanent or flexible.* *RCM is primarily responsible for understanding local business and supply markets, so as to fulfil global and local purchasing needs, support local implementation, and local stakeholder management on an ongoing basis.* *RCM supports Team Lead with operational tasks related to various projects, e.g. supplier evaluation, price fixing, daily SRM, contract management, contract implementation, claims and returns handling, negotiations etc.* *RCM is expected to provide best ratio between price, quality and deliveries for all goods and services in scope of responsibility and requires close cooperation with the Global & Regional Senior Management, Group & Regional Category Directors, Global Category Manager, Country Procurement members, as well as, with other relevant stakeholders in Carlsberg Group's central and local business units. RCM must ensure that the maximum value is being extracted through sound stakeholder engagement, value propositions to suppliers, adherence and compliance to Group’s policies, procedures etc.* *RCM delivers country category value improvement initiatives as agreed with the Team Lead. This may be delivered leading / working with cross functional teams.* ***Personal qualifications / competencies:*** ***Personal skills:*** * *Strategic and analytical thinking / Holistic mind-set* * *Ability to effectively communicate at all levels / across all functions /within multiple countries* * *Flexible, able to learn fast and willing to change* * *Results / Execution focused* * *Structured approach to planning and organizing* * *Exceptional problem-solving skills* * *Self-discipline* ***Functional skills:*** * *Strong knowledge and experience in application of Source-to-Pay Processes* * *Analytical drive to independently perform market and industry analysis* * *General knowledge and experience to conduct spend & demand analysis* * *Strong analytical skills – leverage quantitative & qualitative information to assess, screen and select suppliers, e.g. through Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)* * *General understanding of financial assessment* * *Expert in RFx related support including optimal execution* * *Common knowledge about e-auction development and execution* * *Direct experience with contract planning and execution* * *Strong knowledge about contract negotiations* * *General understanding of Supply Chain Management and LEAN tools* * *Experience with Supplier Relationship Management* * *Ability to assess risk, handle claims and solve related issues* * *Thorough knowledge about governance/policies & procedures* * *General understanding of CSR* * *Contract Management* ***Other skills:*** * *Project management skills across functions and cultures* * *Ability to work in virtual teams* * *Stakeholder management skills* * *Customer focus including internal stakeholders* * *Extensive usage of Microsoft Power Point, Word, Outlook and Excel* * *Knowledge of SAP or local ERP system* * *Fluent in English language (spoken and written)* ***Growth Mindset:*** *We live growth mindset culture in Carlsberg, we are looking for new colleagues who:* * *Live by Semper Ardens (always burning) and constantly strive for the extraordinary* * *Foster an environment of positive energy and compassion.* * *Passionate about the consumer in everything we do* * *Decide fast and deliver with excellence.* * *Empower, support, and grow our people to reach their full potential.* ***Educational / minimum requirements:*** ***Experience:*** * *Minimum 3 years relevant commercial experience within all aspects of strategic & tactical procurement on regional or global level* * *International work experience in related industry, FMCGs within raw materials category, preferably in virtual team* ***Education:*** * *A higher theoretical and commercial background, equivalent to a Master degree* ***Responsibilities:*** * *Support global and regional strategies in countries in alignment with local stakeholders and the Country Procurement teams.* * *Preparation and support of RFx in cooperation with Team Lead, local stakeholders and the Country Procurement teams.* * *Support NPI/NPD, value engineering and sourcing activities in accordance with Carlsberg’s standardized sourcing process* * *Collect local TCO input and ensure regular feedback from/to local business units, among others reporting of TCO relevant statistics* * *Maintain good and trustworthy support, contact and communicate to commercial business and local supply chain on all levels* * *Actively promote the Group Procurement function and CSC requirements locally* * *Actively provide input to category strategy* * *Actively support sharing and implementation of cross-functional best practices across categories and countries* * *Escalation point on returns/claims before Team Lead, when financial impact* * *Local stakeholder management on an on-going daily basis* * *Category analytics and database management* * *Support budget process through deep cost structure understanding* * *Co-ordinate and run Supplier Performance reviews where agreed with Team Lead, setting and delivering clear value improvement agenda with suppliers / stakeholders.* * *Other administrative tasks.* * *Support implementation of contractual commitments above threshold spend and follow up on performance.* * *Active involvement in problem solving (i.e. quality issues) and claim handling* * *Actively support the Service Level Agreement (SLA) annual review of targets for KPIs and subsequently update the SLA* * *Securing sugar volumes and prices according to Group’s Commodity Hedging Policy* ***Stakeholders & Relations****Internal & External:*** *Internal: all central and local functions with focus on R&D, Quality, Production, ManTech, Commercial, CRL, top management* *External: Suppliers, experts, market analysts*