Lead Category Manager

at  Orsted

Imagine a future where you’re the commercial and functional lead for sourcing and contract management of our professional services contracts globally
Join us in this role where you’ll be responsible for developing and implementing global category strategies in collaboration with key stakeholders, drawing on your experience to influence final decisions. The services include, among others, management consultants of all kinds, insurance services, legal services, M&A-related due diligence services, and various financial services. You’ll also be the functional manager of three members of the Professional Services category team. The team members are also part of either the Sourcing or Contract Management team where their people managers are.

YOU’LL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN:

• engaging with key stakeholders, understanding ambitions, building category strategies which ensure the best value, securing supply, and focusing on lowering costs
• providing guidance and mentoring to colleagues in the Professional Services team, which means prioritising the pipeline of sourcing projects and supporting value creation in contract management
• connecting with other category leads across categories and coordinating initiatives
• participating in sourcing of large and/or complex contracts
• monitoring market trends and suppliers to keep procurement strategies up-to-date.

TO SUCCEED IN THE ROLE, YOU:

• have a cross-disciplinary background based on a master’s degree in economics, business, law, or equivalent
• have proven experience with category management
• have proven experience with procurement of professional services
• have the credibility and gravitas to work with C-suite level stakeholders
• are a strong communicator and have strong interpersonal skills.
  Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.