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Working at Beiersdorf has been an amazing experience. I get to collaborate with talented colleagues from around the world in a vibrant and supportive environment, shaping exciting projects and fostering strong partnerships. The company’s focus on teamwork and care makes the job rewarding, and Beiersdorf truly lives by its motto, ‘’Care Beyond Skin.’’ If you’re looking for a place where you can grow personally and professionally, this is it.

As a Global Category Manager for Raw Materials you are responsible for developing global and integrated material sourcing strategies, defining technology roadmaps, driving scale and standardization globally and for improving our global governance in your category cluster. You will foster innovation and drive spend opportunities with our business partners through strong supplier relations. The overall target is to maximize the Procurement value contribution (e.g. cost development, business continuity planning, sustainability, agility) by leveraging the full range of options available in the market for your category cluster. You will be working in a very dynamic environment requiring high levels of agility whilst pursuing the realization of strategic targets. In this role you are reporting to the Director Procurement Raw Materials. Your tasks include:
Definition, alignment and deployment of procurement strategy for your defined category cluster;
Continuously monitoring opportunities and challenging status quo to maximize Procurement value contribution in your area of responsibility;
Actively identifying potentials within area of responsibility in close conjunction with internal stakeholders (i.e. R&D, Quality);
Driving development and implementation of processes to identify, monitor and mitigate risks within your area of responsibility (i.e. reduction of single sources, business continuity planning);
Drive process development with regards to standardization, efficiency, automation, digitalization;
Responsible for compliance with legal requirements, Beiersdorf Procurement and non-Procurement procedures within area of responsibility.