Category Manager Core Network
il y a 3 semaines
**Experience Level**:
Mid-Senior Level
**Location**:
Luxembourg
**Our Company**:
Our purpose at Vodafone is to connect for a better future. At Vodafone Group, we partner with our local markets to drive consistency and earn customer loyalty across 20 countries for over 600 million customers. We are restless and passionate about creating a better future for all. We are always open to new things, and curious to create solutions that our customers will love. We are constantly learning to innovate the way we operate, set our global standards, and deliver on our strategy. Our goal is to improve 1 billion lives and half our environmental impact by 2025. It’s up to each of us to make this happen. Ready?
The Vodafone Procurement Company (VPC) in Luxembourg is part of the Vodafone Group and drives our aspiration to connect for a better future. We purchase products and services from across the globe to help run our business at its very best. We support our people to deliver on our strategy and be a brand loved by our customers, communities, co-partners, and colleagues. We give and take ownership to make the most of our many talents and we are always learning to grow ourselves and our business. We get it done, together. Aspiring to be a brand our customers love, we think big, take risks and are always curious to learn. Are you?
The Global Supply Chain team in Luxembourg has been on a journey to become recognized as a global expert in everything we do. To maintain this world-class function, we’ve set up a landscape of advanced tools and robust processes to smoothly facilitate interaction with our suppliers. These electronic solutions make working with us faster, more secure, and simpler than ever.
**Role Purpose**:
As a Category Manager Core Network, you will support and drive the execution of the global category spending relating to Core Networks and Software. You will build close and valuable relationships with both Group and local partners and create efficiencies through the evaluation of spending data and deliver market-leading carrier management for all Vodafone markets. You will be encouraged to examine the existing suppliers' spending portfolio using data review and develop alternative solutions.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Deliver the agreed Category Strategy for Core Network and Software Category.
- Foster the commercial relationship with key strategic suppliers in the scope of Core Networks towards commercial innovation and 5G Technology Evolution.
- Develop the spending baseline, supplier market research, regional benchmarking, and sharing best practices.
- Drive consolidation and transformation activities across the supply chain.
- Achieve aspiring targets for savings across all products & services.
- Create opportunities for increased competition, through market research and review
- Support a large and varied internal partner network in the local markets and Group functions
- Promote and implement a wide range of procurement tools and reporting techniques.
- Ensure personal targets in operational efficiencies (eg. catalog management, supplier performance) are met.
- Improve operational productivity, using digital tools.
- Ensure cost reduction and centralization through standardization.
**You must have...**:
- Business Degree or similar.
- Knowledge and experience in data research, creating trends, and identifying anomalies in data sets.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Can deal with an international, functional matrix environment with a certain degree of ambiguity.
- Business acumen: knows or will to get to know all about the competition, and the marketplace, and is knowledgeable in practices and trends.
- Working proficiency in a Second language next to fluency in English.
- Be a solid team player and have a growth mindset.
**It would be nice if you have...**:
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Some experience working in a supply chain environment.
- Basic understanding of contracts and legal principles.
- Ability to manage, develop and motivate a complex virtual team, and ensure the successful delivery of financial targets.
- High self-motivation and an eagerness to deliver.
**What's in it for you?**:
**Learning & Development**
- Opportunity to learn in an energetic and professional team and gain real experience in one of the most renowned Telecommunication company worldwide
- Long-term full-time career opportunities within Procurement
- Access to Vodafone University and LinkedIn Learning
**Flexibility & Leaves**
- Flexible working schedule
- 28 days holiday (with the option to buy 5 days) plus 11 public holidays
- 5 paid days leave for charity projects
**Benefits**
- State pension matching scheme of up to 8%
- Voluntary AXA Health Insurance
- Voluntary AXA Pension Scheme
**Our Recruitment Process**:
- A call with Recruiter to learn more about your profile and motivation.
- An interview with the Business to assess your skills and functional fit.
- An interview
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