Category Manager (m/f)

Description des tâches:
You will lead sourcing, supplier selection and commercial negotiations, including contracts and pricing, to support Vodafone's global strategy and customer solutions.
Your role is critical during the bid phase, where you will shape competitive supplier propositions, and continues through the full contract lifecycle to ensure strong supplier performance, governance, compliance and value delivery. You will deliver optimal contracts on time, maximise B2B contract value and margin, create savings, centrally manage spend targets and ensure delivery aligns with Vodafone's global standards, including ethical purchasing, health, safety and wellbeing requirements.
You will provide a single interface between Supply Chain Management and Enterprise account teams, ensuring seamless collaboration across sourcing, contract management, supplier governance and customer delivery. You will also support the Sales team in winning Vodafone Business customer bids, linking procurement activity directly to revenue growth, margin and customer experience.

You will:

Lead supplier selection and commercial strategy

Develop and execute sourcing and negotiation strategies to deliver cost efficiencies and value creation.
Lead supplier selection for customer bids and shape competitive commercial propositions.
Align business requirements with Vodafone's global category strategies.
Drive end-to-end supplier lifecycle management

Manage supplier relationships across the full contract lifecycle.
Ensure contractual compliance, performance management and risk mitigation.
Monitor supplier KPIs and minimise value leakage through robust contract management.
Act as a strategic business partner

Serve as the key interface between SCM and Vodafone Business stakeholders.
Build strong, credible relationships with internal functions and account teams.
Influence demand, challenge requirements and drive demand management excellence.
Contribute to category strategy and market insight

Support global category strategies, sourcing decisions and supplier roadmaps.
Provide insight on market dynamics, supplier ecosystems and commercial models.
Contribute to product, partner and alliance roadmaps.
Support revenue growth and customer delivery

Enable successful customer bids through strong supplier propositions.
Support delivery of global enterprise solutions with compliant and competitive supplier contracts.
Ensure alignment with revenue growth, customer experience and margin objectives.
Leverage tools, governance and innovation

Use BI and procurement tools, such as SAP and AVA, to identify opportunities and track performance.
Apply Design-to-Cost and global sourcing initiatives.
Drive SCM governance, programme assurance and benefits tracking.
Work agile and collaboratively

Operate across a global matrix organisation.
Lead and participate in cross-functional and cross-category initiatives.
Collaborate effectively across regions using digital tools.
Core Competencies

Business Partnering: Build strong stakeholder relationships to drive performance and value
Commercial Contract Management: Protect Vodafone's interests and ensure contractual value delivery
Demand Optimisation: Analyse and influence demand in line with strategy and budgets
Procurement Negotiation: Deliver optimal outcomes through effective negotiation
Market Insight & Strategy: Apply industry knowledge to support sourcing and category strategy
You must have

Bachelor's and/or Engineering degree
Minimum of 3 years' procurement experience
Strong communication, analytical and conceptual thinking skills
Ability to work across cultures, hierarchies and international matrix environments
Ability to prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
Flexibility to manage varied projects, tasks and ambiguity
Excellent written and spoken English
Solid experience in an Enterprise or B2B resell environment
Strong business acumen beyond procurement, with the ability to advise stakeholders on supplier markets.

Études:
Niveau d'étude demandé egal Bachelor (Bac +3)
Métier / domaine de formation:
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering
Masters in Management - Business Management