Category Manager – Terminal Procurement

Would you like to be part of a value-driven, commercially oriented international environment where we enable global trade every day?

We are looking for a Category Manager to join our Terminal Procurement team. In Maersk Procurement our vision is: “Every dollar spent is spent professionally”.

It will be an opportunity to have a career as an international sourcing professional in a Fortune 500 company: For us, fast growth means a steady stream of new challenges, and a constant need for new ideas, knowledge and talent to overcome them.

This role presents an opportunity to enable the company strategy by driving purposeful procurement: You will join an organization with the size and global reach it takes for you to make your mark on the world. An environment where you will consistently work at the edge of your comfort zone and experience a high degree of empowerment in project strategy, tactics and implementing innovative solutions to support the company strategy.

WHAT WE OFFER:

When you join Maersk, you’ll find that the world is your workplace. You’ll work in a culturally diverse, stimulating environment, surrounded by new ideas and different ways of doing things. We believe in individual performance within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive values. To us teamwork means acceptance, respect, dedication, and the idea that we can achieve more when we all pull together.

Living our values means competing in the marketplace in an ethical way so our name is synonymous with being a credible and valuable business partner. Through Constant Care and Humbleness, we strive to prepare for the future, while never forgetting that our customers and competitors are key to our ability to improve. In our daily work, Uprightness and Our Employees mean that transparency and accountability in everything we do go hand in hand with being an inspiring, challenging place to work. At Maersk, we take pride in hiring the best person for the job – irrespective of gender, age, nationality, or religious belief.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

You will be responsible and accountable for enabling the company strategy by value creation for our customers while safeguarding the cost competitive position for Maersk in close cooperation with internal stakeholders. The annual spend under the scope is approximately USD 300 million.

As a Category Manager you will be exposed to a variety of classical category management tasks, for example:

• Defining the category strategy for your portfolio, in line with global and regional category strategy with the objective of creating value for our customer by partnering with the right suppliers. The strategy needs to support the Must Win Battles for Procurement around Environment & Sustainability, Resilience, Digitalization,

• Mapping and analyzing data on current spend patterns and identifying cost drivers and opportunities in complex marketplaces.

• Developing new models to analyze supplier offers and quantify total costs and total values of ownership.

• Lead negotiations with suppliers by preparing a comprehensive negotiation strategy.

• Ensure contract compliance by updating the relevant information in the contract management tools.

• Simplify and effectively communicate complex messages to leadership.

• Finally, you will have significant responsibility from the start and be expected to execute and deliver on time and in line with our purposeful targets.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• A relevant bachelor’s degree

• At least 7 year’s category management experience in shipping or construction

• Someone who enjoys creating value through an innovative mindset and is comfortable challenging the status quo

• A tech savvy, top performer who excels in executing under pressure and over-delivering towards the business

• Understands stakeholder management excellence and can build trust even in challenging situations

• Demonstrates strong analytical skills and preferably with good experience in financial /excel modelling

• Potential to quickly excel in our key differentiating sourcing skills: Sourcing Strategy, Negotiations, Cost Modelling and Project Management

• International mindset, willingness to travel and ability to appreciate and operate in a cross-cultural environment

• An entrepreneurial spirit

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