Indirect Procurement Category Manager - Travel & Expenses
Job DescriptionIn this role, your mission will be to provide and ensure the execution of the sourcing strategy of the Travel & Expenses sub-category, throughout the Procurement network at the country, and regional levels. To be successful in this position, you need to have a global view, a systematic approach and be detail-oriented, with a focus on project execution, quality, efficiency, and cost.
Your role:
- Driving Category Management on the senior level as a Category Domain Expert
- Planning, optimizing, and controlling the Category Strategy Development Fit for Purpose
- Define value drivers and spend parameters to enable the most effective spend target setting/planning.
- Building and developing relationships with the functional counterpart(s) in close alignment with the respective Business Partners.
- Ensuring consistency, communication, and integration within the business and the procurement network
- Ensuring the operational sourcing & action plan follow-up for your procurement sub-category is fully aligned with category management strategy/orientation
Our benefits:
- Annual bonus based on performance achieved
- Private medical care with the option to extend it to family members
- Life Insurance
- Company Car
- Benefit System cards
- Discount for Philips products
- Wide variety of training & learning opportunities, including LinkedIn Learning
- Hybrid model of working (2 days in the office)
You're the right fit if:
- You have 7+ years of experience in Procurement
- You have cross-functional experience in related functions; Global Project Management experience; Experience in applying Lean methodologies
- You are a team player with experience in multidisciplinary teams
- You speak English fluently
- You are a confident, good negotiator, capable of interacting with key stakeholders and vendors (VPs & CEOs from suppliers and inside Philips)
- You have strong analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills
- You are flexible, receptive, resourceful, creative, and results-oriented
- Experience in the Sourcing Process with proven international exposure in the field of Travel activities (Air carriers and other transportation, Hotels, Travel agencies, Restaurants, …) would be a big advantage
- Understanding and experience within the Healthcare or FMCG industry would be an advantage
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