Global Commodity Manager

You will report to the Senior Director Global Indirect Procurement based abroad and you main responsibilities will be to:

- Create a global commodity purchasing strategy in alignment with Global Purchasing Director Indirect
- Implement the strategy and execution to achieve commodity targets
- Consolidate purchasing requirements and exploiting potential synergies
- Ensure successful purchases according to budget and specifications with full responsibility for all costs for the products and services within the commodity
- Participate in monthly commodity meetings and drive/report the purchasing activities to the team
- Commodity plan ownership with cost savings and avoidance reporting
- Manage supplier relationships and negotiate commercial agreements with suppliers
- Responsible for that a specification template including targeted result is filled in by stake-holder prior to any sourcing project. Measure result and completion in time, engaging with stake-holders
- Create an efficient Tender- and RFQ process continuously working with general purchasing process improvements

- Bachelor Degree in Engineering and/or Business
- At least 5 Years experience in procurement
- Strong negotiation skills and commercial awareness with good understanding of cost drivers
- Supplier management knowledge with leadership and people management experience
- Experience in strategy creation and full filing such strategy step by step
- Adaptable to new request and requirements with the ability to cope with a high workload and deliver within tight deadlines
- Experience from an international environment where Indirect Spends Purchasing is established and business value recognized
- Engaging and goal oriented person with high drive
- Good understanding of E-sourcing tool and preferably experience of Ariba and IFS
- Fluency in English with clear and concise internal and external communication