Description
We are currently looking for a Group Category Manager – Digital to join our Procurement team. The successful candidate will drive category strategies, optimize supplier performance, and create sustainable business value across Polestar's digital procurement landscape.
As a Group Category Manager for Digital, you will lead a team responsible for specific categories of indirect goods and services. You will guide the team through strategic opportunity assessments, category planning, and competitive sourcing activities, while driving fact-based procurement initiatives through spend analysis, contract management, and supplier market exploration.
The responsibilities include:
- Developing and executing category roadmaps and sourcing strategies that link procurement initiatives to financial outcomes, operational excellence, and business objectives.
- Driving category performance through cost optimization, supplier performance management, value creation initiatives, and strategic negotiations with suppliers.
- Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, challenging existing ways of working, and aligning internal and external partners around common goals.
- Leading, coaching, and developing a team of procurement professionals while contributing to the ongoing transformation of Procurement into a strategic value business partner.
- Providing insights and recommendations to senior leadership, while building and maintaining strategic networks with suppliers, Geely Group, and Volvo Cars to drive synergies and business value.
The ideal candidate will have:
- A university degree, preferably a Master's degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering & Management, or a related field.
- 10+ years of relevant professional experience, including at least three years of people leadership experience.
- Extensive experience in category management, procurement, strategic sourcing, and negotiations within a large enterprise environment.
- Strong analytical capabilities, including spend analysis, opportunity assessments, pricing model evaluation, and contract management.
- Extensive experience within digital procurement categories, including digital hardware, software licensing, and digital services.
English is the language of written and spoken communication at Polestar.