Indirect Procurement Category Manager

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**Job Location: Luxembourg**:
Luxembourg

**Company description**:
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 38,767 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

**Diversity Statement**:
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

**About the Role**:
For our Ferrero HQs based in Luxembourg, we are currently looking for a **People Services Procurement Category Manager **(Recruitment, Temporary Workers, Employee Services,)** reporting to Workplace and People Services Category Leader.**

**Main Responsibilities**:
By covering this position, you** will actively contribute to the definition and execution of the category strategy.**
You** will perform market & spend analysis** as well as **provide the management with updated specific analysis to continuously improve the procurement performance.**

**Maintaining, consolidating, and improving relationships with existing suppliers** to ensure continuity, manage criticalities and escalations will be also under your responsibility.
You **will analyse the industry market, identifying partners that are potentially valuable to foster innovation and conduct negotiations with suppliers of the category**, in alignment with internal procedures and Ferrero Code of Business Conduct & Code of Ethics.

On top of that, you **will collaborate and support the Region General Procurement Managers to optimize and standardize the procurement processes**, maximizing the process performance and delivering the best results for the business.
You **will manage the relationship with business stakeholders** ensuring support and alignment on IT strategies.

**Who we are looking for**:
You **will bring your educational background in Economics, Business Administration, Procurement **or other related fields with **8 years of experience in Procurement** - category management/regional manager in a multinational organization.
You are showing** experience in supplier selection & qualification, tender/bid management, strategic sourcing, suppliers' portfolio management, contract management, suppliers' performance evaluation, supplier risk management.**

You are showing **strong interpersonal skills and internal stakeholders management** with **enthusiasm and commitment to excellence with a result-oriented approach.**

Finally, you are** fluent in English.**

**How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero**:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.


**Requisition ID**

61971

**Job function**

Acquisti

**Country**

Luxembourg

**City**

Luxembourg