Global Category Manager

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.  

RM Category Manager II

Role:Global RM Category Manager

Core Responsibilities

Sourcing Strategy

• Drive the development and implementation of product family strategies.
• Analyse market and implement risk management strategies for key Product families
• Lead sourcing strategy development within cross functional team for key product families
• Drive sourcing strategy implementation by leading major RFQs and key negotiations

Portfolio Management

• Negotiate contracts globally
• Select, manage and audit suppliers
• Identify opportunities for portfolio optimization and actively involve creation and manufacturing in development of optimization plans
• Link with local and regional teams to identify alternative suppliers in other geographies / deploy global strategies and framework agreements / collect supplier performance feedback
• Own key supplier relationship, and lead key supplier conflict resolutions
• Communicate to suppliers any forthcoming changes in demand/specifications
• Ensure adequate contract cover for materials and supplier compliance to contracts
• Ensure vendor performance at target levels

Stakeholder Relationship

• Communicate to key internal stakeholders any market conditions changes which may affect the business
• Actively support the responsible sourcing projects implementation & provide information to Procurement Sustainability Manager when needed

Cost Optimization

• Provide sufficient information for business planning process
• Develop cost reduction projects
• Provide price forecast and market trends for key commodities

Maintain ERP (SAP) data accuracy

Academic Background

• University degree preferred or equivalent experience 

Professional experience

• 7-10 years experience in Procurement and/or functional experience
• Knowledge of F&F industry/FMCG Manufacturing/Chemical industry
• International Exposure in previous role

Technical Skills

• Fluent in English, other languages a +
• Industry Acumen
• Thorough understanding of sales/marketing practices/global logistics/Supply Chain Operations
• Analytical Skills
• Construct/execute multiple complex analyses (e.g. TCO, NPV)
• Capacity to accurately predict/anticipate market trends
• Ability to develop actionable recommendations and implementation plans in clear, compelling, effective way
• System and data management skills; especially Excel and SAP Procurement modules & related systems
• demonstrated track record of influencing cross-functional stakeholders and driving results

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.