Interim Category Manager

As Interim Category Manager, you will be responsible for a number of categories and the position involves a number of contacts, both internally and externally. You are responsible for developing your categories, which means, among other things:

• Qualify, maintain and develop supplier base
• Identifying and developing strategies
• Ensuring implementation of strategies
• Reducing the supplier base
• Driving cost reduction
• Skills transfer

To be eligible for the role, you have:

• Relevant higher education in purchasing or a related field
• At least 10 years of work experience in Strategic Sourcing
• Good knowledge of Excel and experience working in business systems such as IFS/SO99+, Qlikview or other BI tools
• Fluency in Swedish and English
• Good negotiation skills and the ambition to promote long-term business relationships
• Strong technical understanding and driven by working in a structured way, planning your work and reaching set goals and delivery times
• You have also driven several change processes, both digital and structural

About the process:

The assignment is expected to last for 12 months starting Oct/Nov. We present candidates on an ongoing basis and interviews at the client company take place in connection with this.

You will be employed by us at Interim Search and leased to the client during the assignment period.

Are you available and have the right profile? Do not delay with your application!

The responsible recruitment consultant is Sara Sollerman who collaborates with researchers Louise Bennetoft.