Assistant Chief Manager / Manager - Global Category Management (Elect

Job Purpose

The Global Category Manager is responsible to manage their supplier commodity panel with a strong financial QCD performance orientation

Key Responsibilities

• Develop the regional and global strategies of the panel under their responsibility. Enforce group and local conditions as required
• Develop and present the short / medium / long term action plan of their commodity that meets the objectives of the Industry Procurement performance strategy
• Provide market data on their category for the Sector
• Global reference for the Sector on their categories
• Accountable to present Category Roadmap up to date on 6M Rolling base
• Coordinate volume /planned productivity discounts for their global commodity panel
• Participate actively in the budget preparation of their commodity savings performance
• Participate actively in the LTP and budget preparation with regional Procurement Heads and Industry CPO
• Review supplier performance monitoring (scorecard, escalations, panel inputs/outputs)
• Develop and maintain the relationship with key panel suppliers, develop John Cockerill C-Levels associated at suppliers
• Lead and propose cost optimization actions including VAVE, Make or Buy and other levers as needed.  Manage the associated negotiations and lead the Sourcing coordination
• Develop savings actions road map for the panel under their responsibility and share / support the Lead Buyers community associated on savings actions
• Animate the Lead Buyers community associated on their categories and project
• Manage annual and globalization negotiations
• Finalize the project buyer’s negotiation (level 2) when needed
• Provide project buyers with a structured panel for their Category
• Support management of series crisis actions (supply of product, quality issues, etc.)
• Ensure the conformity / validity of purchasing data recorded in ERP and reported in iValua
• Other duties as assigned