Sales Services Procurement Category Manager

at  Ferrero

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

You will bring your educational background in Economics, Business Administration or other related fields with around 5 years of experience in Procurement as Category Manager, Regional Manager, or in Sales as Trade marketing Manager in a multinational organization.
Moreover, you will bring your experience in supplier portfolio management, tender management, strategic sourcing, contract management, project management, trade marketing and sales activities like merchandising, point of sale materials, and technical devices.
You are showing strong interpersonal skills and internal stakeholder management with enthusiasm and commitment to excellence with a result-oriented approach.
Finally, you are fluent in English.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

For our HQs based in Luxembourg, we are currently looking for a Sales Services Procurement Category Manager with focus on technical devices (coolers), merchandising and permanent POSM who will be reporting directly to the Sales Services Category Leader.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

By covering this position, you will actively contribute to the definition and execution of the category strategy.
You will perform market & spend analysis and provide the management with updated specific analysis to continuously improve the procurement performance.
Moreover, you will manage contracts ensuring the agreed delivery and service levels while optimizing value for Ferrero and applying the internal methodologies, procedures, and risk management tools.
Maintaining, consolidating, and improving relationships with existing suppliers, to ensure continuity, manage criticalities and escalations will be also under your responsibility.
On top of this, your role will be to analyse the industry market, identifying partners that are potentially valuable to foster innovation.
You will conduct negotiations with suppliers of the category, in alignment with internal procedures and Ferrero Code of Business Conduct & Code of Ethics.
You will collaborate with the Region General Procurement Managers to optimize and standardize the procurement processes, maximizing the process performance and delivering the best results for the business.
Finally, you will manage the relationship with business stakeholders ensuring support and alignment on business requirement.

HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE ROLE AND AT FERRERO:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.