Category Manager Beverages

We’re looking for motivated, engaged people to help make everyone’s journeys better.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Demand Management

Create transparency, analyze, and understand all sources of spend and demand, e. g. segment spend and create spend portfolios

Leverage knowledge of organization and suppliers to deploy specification and demand levers and generate innovations from the supply market

Development and improvement of required goods and service portfolio, e.g., standardization, simplification, re-specification

Strategic Sourcing

Ensure cost-efficient sourcing within the category, according to specifications

Continuously monitor and extend understanding of assigned categories, incl. spends, suppliers, products, market structure, price trends vs. paid prices, commodity forecasts, competitive dynamics, trends, demand management levers and risks

Translate savings targets into sourcing plan and develop short- and long-term supply strategies to achieve targets

Execute sourcing strategies using strategic sourcing process (build and analyses RFPs, bid evaluation and other analytical models; lead negotiations in line with strategic objectives; ensuring implementation of results)

Prepare and negotiate contracts and contract updates with suppliers based on defined pricing and quality targets and ensure required confirmation and documentation

Devise & steer corrective actions in case of deviations to total cost of the overall supply chain strategy

Develop procedures to reduce supplier and procurement risk including supplier audits and credit checks

Optimize order management and processes to handlegoods and services, e. g. via e-procurement solution

Responsibility for relevant spend and content data for own categories

Participate, contribute and / or steer in group wide or regional projects

Supplier Relationship Management

Segment supply base and develop supplier portfolio to enable competitive, quality & timely response to the customer market

Develop and manage key suppliers in line with SRM methodology; integrate supplier expertise as appropriate to deliver gategroup’s strategy with focus on cost, product & process improvement; steer the contracting of related product portfolio processes

Monitor and enhance ongoing performance of suppliers; identify and mitigate risks relating to suppliers

Conduct supplier audits working closely with Quality team during supplier evaluation process

Guide & implement the transition of new supplier introductions managing all stakeholders to ensure successful launch

Implement supplier framework agreement with strategic suppliers with support from Legal, manage contract duration and contract data base

Team management / leadership

Ensure that the area of responsibility is properly organized

Functional lead of assigned buyers in different legal entities in Europe

Support implementation of processes, procedures, principles, guidelines, and systems to comply with corporate and regional standards and objectives and to increase performance and quality of procurement

Secure and foster internal communication

Ensure and coordinate activities to support success of category management by working cross functionally with stakeholders and suppliers

German and English Language is a must.

If you want to be part of a team that helps make travel and culinary memories, join us!