Global Category Manager Facades, Exterior & Interior Finishing

Job Description

The Global Category Manager Facades, Exterior & Interior Finishing is the leader of the procurement strategy and the recognized expert in procurement. He / she is leveraging BESIX assets to define a strategy in category sourcing that ensures competitiveness and profitability of the Group

Key responsibilities :

Core Tasks

• Define procurement strategy for his / her respective category in collaboration with stakeholders (technical, business…) and promote within businesses
• Define strategic partners and manage vendor relationship
• Responsible of managing Vendor Directory for his / her category
• Initiate, negotiate, manage and promote vendors’ framework agreements at BESIX Group level
• Coordinate and animate buyers’ network inside BESIX group for his / her category
• Support Tendering teams by providing vendors and market prices visibility
• Support project execution for BESIX Contracting and Regionals with adapted strategic inputs and negotiation support or responsibility
• Manage vendor performance feedback and adapt BESIX vendor strategy
• Drive a regular market screening to adjust Vendor panel development
• Identify and execute opportunities on price reduction (Tendering & Execution) according to objectives, including group synergies
• Challenge specifications with a strong focus on innovation, sustainability and out-of-the box-thinking

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