Category Manager EME ,India

• Material and Supplier strategy▪
• Derive strategy and actions for managed categories based on internal stakeholder, business needs and market situation

• Develop a material and supplier strategy:
• Conduct market / internal demand analysis and benchmarks
• Drive the strategy definition process with cross-functional partners
• Ensure that Continentals requirements are reflected in the strategy
• Document and implement the strategy in all BAs/locations worldwide
• Conduct regular supplier evaluation with main stakeholders

• Stakeholder management
• Category & Supplier Management▪
• Guide, support and train internal stakeholders to execute by using right tools, methods and processes

• Ensure the alignment and implementation of the category strategy within the organization (e.g., communicate sourcing market trends, category results)
• Ensure that suppliers fulfill the legal requirements by applying Contintentals processes, tools and templates
• Support escalations at internal and external stakeholder

Achieve best market conditions▪

Actively influence the sourcing process through

• Supply market analysis / supplier selection
• Negotiation of prices and closure of contracts
• Sourcing decision
• Identify and lift bundling opportunities for own category

• Negotiation▪
• Drive annual negotiations to constantly improve the cost situation

• Negotiate with suppliers
• Apply negotiation concepts to actively support and execute bundling within the respective Category
• Negotiate non-conformance cost with suppliers
• Monitor and adapt existing demands, volumes and/or service level agreements.

Contract Management▪

Ensure fulfillment of all necessary requirements by negotiating and concluding legally binding contracts (e.g. frame-, project related contracts, YPSA) with the respective suppliers and process & audit-compliant documentation

• Ensure effective contract lifecycle management

• Data maintenance▪
• Ensure in time implementation of correct data in the respective IT-systems

• Monthly controlling and correction of local data and target achievement

• Project management/Continous Cost reduction▪
• Initiate and support value-engineering, re-design and cost reduction programs, make or buy decisions and content challenge

• Initiate and drive together with the internal stakeholders supplier improvement programs if needed (performance, costs), initiate the new supplier introduction process"

• Sustainability & Risk managment▪
• Identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain and procurement risks with respect to geopolitical, geohazard, finacial or material risks .

• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies together with the involved stakeholders
• Ensure supply chain compliance with sustainability regulations, legal requirements and sustainability standards.

• Bachleors / Master University degree in Engineering or relevant professional experience , with minimum 20 years of experience
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