Global Category Manager (F/M/D) Utilities & Sterilization Services

You’re an important part of our future. Hopefully, we're also a part of your future! At B. Braun, we protect and improve the health of people worldwide. You support this vision, bringing expertise and sharing innovation, efficiency and sustainability as values. That’s why we would like to keep developing our company with you. Keeping your future in mind, we’re making a joint contribution to health care worldwide, with trust, transparency and appreciation. That's Sharing Expertise.

Within our department of Global Indirect Procurement, we are looking for a Global Category Manager (f/m/d) Utilities & Sterilization at a global B. Braun site (Melsungen, Tuttlingen, Penang, Rubí, Allentown, Bethlehem, Sheffield, Sempach, Nowy Tomyśl, Mirandola, Gyöngyös, St.-Cloud or similar) at the earliest possible date. Please indicate in your application documents which global location you are interested in.

The Global Indirect Procurement function within the B. Braun Group is being transformed right now and synergies across divisions, regions and countries are considered. The primary axis of the new operating model is a categorization of product service groups (categories). Sourcing Procurement of Utilities, such as electricity and gas but also external Sterilization Services have been identified as a global procurement category. There is a significant spend involved and both country/regional but also global perspectives needs to be considered to not only support the Group’s Sustainability efforts from a procurement perspective.

• You are responsible for formulating and implementing a Global Category strategy within the global procurement strategy framework as well as for representing procurement towards external business partners and higher management.

• Conducting a profound analysis on spending and the supplier portfolio as well as the monitoring of market developments, innovations and technology trends also falls within your area of responsibility.

• You will also lead cross-functional category working groups, facilitate category councils and align the category strategy with business partners.

• Furthermore, you are responsible for preparing a strategic sourcing approach, the sourcing execution as well as the review of processes, tenders, negotiations, contracts and supplier awarding with the goal to achieve bundling effects and synergies.

• In addition, making sure your team achieves its KPIs and considers the possibilities of supplier innovations also falls within the area of your responsibilities.

Professional competencies

• You have successfully completed a (bachelors-)degree in industrial engineering, business administration, economics or a related field and have multiple years of work experience in a relevant field.

• You must have a proficient understanding of the end-to-end Procurement process (Plan-to-Strategy, Source-to-contract) as well as in-depth knowledge of your assigned category and future trends.

• You should have a basic understanding of change management.

• You must neither be wary of negotiations nor of managing supplier relationships including supplier escalations.

• You should have some experience with the application of Procurement standards (Procurement policies, Standard Operating Procedures, etc.).

• You should feel comfortable in the legal and regulatory environment and have a visionary and strategic mindset.

Personal competencies

• You have a strong analytical skillset and can manage multiple priorities in a potentially high stress environment while not forgetting to pursue innovation.

• Strong influential and communication skills distinguish you from others.

• You act customer centric and results-driven.

• You want to promote a culture of performance, ethics compliance while appreciating a variety of perspectives.

• You have experience working in an international and intercultural business environment.

Become part of a corporate culture that actively promotes constructive exchanges between colleagues, customers and partners. Work with us to improve people's lives in the long term. We can offer you interesting, varied tasks and excellent opportunities for advancement, as well as an attractive salary with extensive benefits, all within a dynamic family-owned company.

B. Braun SE | Hannah Bäumgen | +49 5661 717209