Category Manager Bardi

Category Manager
Bardi
Emilia Romagna, Bardi

Category Manager**:

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As part of ELSP LVS unit in Dalmine, you will take the role of Category Manager for LV Switchgears.

Develop, plan and implement Procurement & Logistics (PL) strategy focused on optimizing costs, quality, delivery and reliability of suppliers and supplied products for an assigned category or group of categories.

Ensure execution in accordance with Company, PL and Supply Base Management instructions and procedures.

Analyze and implement, programs and/or processes to achieve financial goals.

Contribute and participate in the definition and implementation of the budget and objectives.

**This position reports to**:

Operations Manager

**Your responsibilities**:

- 1.

Sourcing strategy: Leveraging the Continuous Improvement Process Sourcing (CIPS) process, implements effective sourcing strategies in line with business strategy ensuring that the supply base/suppliers have the capability and capacity to meet current and future business requirements.

Ensures all relevant parties understand strategies and execute processes accordingly.

- 2.

Procurement: Manages planning and tracking of procurement activities, cost budgets, emerging country spending and savings forecasts.

Minimizes risk regarding quality and financial exposure by buying in accordance with quality and commercial proce-dures and in accordance with Company guidelines.

- 3.

Negotiation: Negotiates agreements with main suppliers, and periodically renews price lists, terms and conditions.

- 4.

Contracts: Adapts corporate contractual framework to the local business needs.

Recommends frame agreements to manage-ment and executes upon approval.

Provides ongoing oversight and contract management with suppliers.

- 5.

Supplier agreements: Ensures identification, investigation, and selection of appropriate suppliers (focusing on quality, delivery, cost and sustainability) in accordance with Company policies.

Defines and establishes local standard agreements with all major suppliers.

Provides and maintains standard terms in purchase contracts/terms and conditions in line with Company directives and guidelines.

- 6.

Communication: Fosters communication internally, externally, and between different Divisions, Business Units and Functions and supports the implementation of PL activities and initiatives in the Region/Country through this clear communication

**Your background**:

- A minimum of 2 years of work experience.

- Good negotiation skills and interaction with suppliers.

- Excellent knowledge and use of Excel.

- Fluent English (written and spoken), preferred a second language.

- Flexible approach to daily activities scheduling, ability to manage urgencies and external interactions.

- Problem solving.

- Result orientation.

- Communication, teamwork, and networking skills.

- Basic knowledge of LV products.

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