Category Procurement Manager LR09

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About the job

As Category Manager you are part of the Thales Netherlands Procurement team as well as the Global Category team. In this role you are pro-actively supporting and coaching the Category Buyers within the ‘Mechanical’ and ' Electronical' procurement segment C and D.

With your experience you help and drive to build/optimize local Category strategies in line with the business needs and coherent with the strategy defined by the GCM (Global Category Manager) for the world-wide Category.

You lead or support the full procurement process as needed from requisition until end of contract ensuring competitiveness, quality and timely delivery. You are able to negotiate and bridge gaps to satisfy the needs of your stakeholders as well as coaching other Category Buyers. 

You are able to lead cross functional teams through the Category Technology Teams between Procurement, Engineering and Supply Chain in developing strategies, implementation and managing the supply base. Managing internal and external stakeholders is key in building close relations with your suppliers in order to make supplier knowledge and competitiveness available to the benefit of Thales products and services.

Your responsibilities include:

• Shape, communicate and steer implementation of the Category strategy

• Drive selection, negotiation and contracting of suppliers

• Manage and control supplier performances

• Identify and achieve cost reductions and improvements in cooperation with the suppliers and stakeholders

• Coach Category Buyers in the above

What you’ll bring

If you are a creative, enthusiastic team player with great negotiation and communication skills in fluent English and Dutch, then you might be the person we are looking for.

• You are able to build good relationships with external and internal stakeholders

• Experience with relational contracting is a strong plus

• Knowledge of German and/or French are a plus

• You have relevant strategic Procurement or commercial experience

• You have completed a relevant higher education

Wherever your passion lies, Thales can help you make the best use of your skills and creativity. As a contractor at Thales, you can expect to experience:

• An interesting job within a team of experts in an international high-tech environment.

• Room for and attention to personal development and personal initiative.

• The opportunity to grow within the organization, whether in a technical, managerial, commercial or international capacity.

• A flexible work environment with a focus on maintaining a good work-life balance.

Thales offers untold opportunities to take part in fascinating projects and overcome ambitious human and technological challenges. As a contractor, you’ll be part of a community of experts bringing together innovations from the bottom of the oceans to the depths of space and cyberspace. Collaborating to find solutions to the biggest challenges in the most difficult conditions.

Drawing on a diversity of expertise, perspectives and cultures, we are able to provide the best possible solutions to our customers. Together, we can harness the extraordinary power of technology to build a future we can all trust.

Randstad, as the EMEA Thales talent acquisition partner, is responsible for finding and contracting talent for the contingent roles at Thales. If you are selected for a role you will be engaged or employed by one of the Randstad recruitment companies in EMEA and will not be an employee of Thales.

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