Category Manager Additives EMEA

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Date: Apr 28, 2025

Location: Barcelona, ES

Company: AkzoNobel

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

 

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com 

 

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Zona Franca Barcelona

Category Manager Additives EMEA 

About the role

the jobholder needs to maximize alignment with the regional procurement specialists in order to ensure completion of global/regional sourcing objectives and strategies that may have different priority levels compared with the local/regional sites’ immediate operational needs.the jobholder needs to maximize alignment with the regional procurement specialists in order to ensure completion of global/regional sourcing objectives and strategies that may have different priority levels compared with the local/regional sites’ immediate operational needs.

Responsibilities

  • Category Management:
    • Global Category management for assigned category / sub-categories
    • Develop and implement Global and Regional sourcing strategies (SSM) for assigned category / sub-categories
    • Developing a pipeline of TCO reduction projects per AN Sourcing Financial objectives
    • Raw material market intelligence and price forecasting for raw materials included on assigned category / sub-category
    • Risk management (supply, financial, supplier base, etc) o    In-out sourcing strategy when required.
  • Supplier Management:
    • Manage supplier portfolio: supplier selection, negotiation, QDCIS improvement
    • Responsible for the supplier relationship management ensuring mutually beneficial supplier relationships and collaboration at all organizational levels
    • Key supplier manager (KSM) for High Spend strategic key global supplier(s) based in his/her category / sub-categories
    • Introduce new suppliers
  • Stakeholder management:
    • Acting as key-interface between sourcing and TCL together with R&D Team for supplier innovation, new product introduction, complexity reduction projects and portfolio management 
    • Supporting escalated supply issues resolution
    • Represent global category in regional cross-functional forums and programs (i.e. IBP, CM management, regional procurement programs and reviews)
    • SLA implementation in AkzoNobel plants
  • Contract management:
    • Price negotiation with suppliers involved in the category
    • Contract negotiation and implementation
  • Portfolio management:
    • Raw materials for assigned category / sub-category
  • Sustainability:
    • Ensure suppliers under category are aligned with AkzoNobel sustainability ambitions

About you

  • 5+ years in procurement, supply chain or sourcing function with relevant experience in negotiating and managing suppliers
  • Experience in developing and deploying sourcing strategies, sourcing excellence
  • Proven success in driving supplier cost, quality and delivery performance improvement programs.
  • Advanced procurement management applications (eg Coupa, Icertis, Ariba, etc)
  • Best practice in functional area, business awareness, chemical industry market, commercial knowledge and strategic awareness, knowledge of supply base, supply chain value creation
  • Expertise and knowledge of markets and dynamics

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 46214 

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