Global Product Line Purchasing Category Manager Ne

Global Product Line Purchasing Category Manager
Ne
Liguria, Ne

Evolve purchasing and supply.

Change the world.

By creating desirable solutions and great experiences that enrich people's daily lives and the health of our planet, we want to be a driving force in delivering enjoyable and sustainable living.

We go to work every day determined to shape living for the better - for our customers and for the health of our planet.

Within the Group Purchasing Organization, Global Product Line Purchasing has the key responsibility of awarding new businesses, in close collaboration with the Global Categories.

Our mission is to ensure the award of businesses to the best suppliers through project negotiations, using advanced tools as refined cost models, Supplier Development methodologies, etcfulfilling the targets of cost, quality and flexibility.

We operate in all the regions (Business Areas) with a panel of international suppliers engaging them with our internal business partners as: Sales, R&D, Quality, Manufacturing & Engineering, Product Line, Marketing, Finance etc.

We rely on building strong cooperation.

We focus on innovation, quality and development of long-term relationships with our strategic suppliers.

Sustainability and continuous improvement are the elements that are underpinning our activity.

As we operate in a dynamic, international and competitive environment, we count on our well-developped social capabilities and good set of technical or financial skills to get us through the day.

For sure it represents a fantastic growth experience where you can learn from all the different activities we need to manage.

**Tasks**:

- Global Product Line Category ownership for the All Business Areas managing the business strategically with the objective to leverage and promote complexity reduction, modularization, cost performance and innovation initiatives, drive LTAs negotiation, sourcing process and decisions in close collaboration with the Global Domain Managers and key stakeholders (Product Line, Quality, Manufacturing, Design), cost analysis etc. .

- Support the New Product Initiatives

- Develop and retain strong relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders

- Manage and evaluate contractual agreement terms to ensure compliance and more in general comply with sourcing procedures

- Support Programs in line with Purchasing strategy

**Qualifications**:

- University degree (Industrial/Electrical engineer or Economics background is an asset).

- 3-5 years of relevant strategic sourcing, category management or equivalent leadership experience required.

- Proven Track record managing and delivering cost reductions / value creation.

- Experience and knowledge of the purchasing environment with the capability to analyze business procurement issues, recommend solutions and strategies, and implement change.

- Ability to manage supplier relationships, including relationship building, performances.

- Results-oriented and ability to effectively manage multiple priorities simultaneously meeting critical deadlines in a fast-paced environment; strong organizational skills.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to build and maintain good cross functional working relationships.

At Electrolux, we take responsibility for our development in a supportive environment where we embrace our differences and learn from each other.

In a truly multicultural setting, we shape living for the better and create remarkable experiences for employees and consumers, all around the globe.

Electrolux is a leading global appliance company that has shaped living for the better for more than 100 years.

We reinvent taste, care and wellbeing experiences for millions of people, always striving to be at the forefront of sustainability in society through our solutions and operations.

Under our brands, including Electrolux, AEG and Frigidaire, we sell approximately 60 million household products in approximately 120 markets every year.

In 2020 Electrolux had sales of SEK 116 billion and employed 48, 000 people around the world.

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