A Category Manager is a professional responsible for managing a specific product or service category within a company. This includes overseeing the development, marketing, and sales of products within that category, as well as analyzing market trends and competition to make strategic decisions - Leonard, United States - SilverTech

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Leonard, United States

18 hours ago

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Meredith Sinclair

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Description

We are looking for a dynamic individual to lead the strategic procurement of our "IT" category. This responsibility includes conducting spend analysis, identifying potential for optimization in significant IT projects, and managing suppliers.

What is important for this role? A structured approach, flexibility, creativity, negotiation skills, teamwork, communication skills, and entrepreneurial thinking and action.

The cherry on top:

Are you well-versed in expanding IT category management and IT sourcing strategies? Then we say: Welcome to the Aareal Bank team.

Here's what you can look forward to:
In your responsible position, you will be responsible for the strategic IT procurement for the Aareal Bank Group.

As part of this, you will lead or coordinate procurement projects and skillfully conduct tendering processes, including professional market analysis and supplier selection.

Also on your agenda:
identifying and implementing cost-saving potential, such as group synergies, alternative suppliers, purchasing conditions, and contract negotiations. We also trust you to actively manage business relationships for various material group areas.

This includes, among other things, the management of service providers in the areas of hardware, software, telecommunications, and other material groups.

Finally, you will continuously ensure that our procurement systems and tools are optimized to streamline processes.

Here's what we can look forward to:

Successfully completed studies in business administration (BWL) or economics, alternatively a successfully completed commercial training with many years of professional experience in strategic procurement / project procurement.

Extensive experience in project-related IT procurement,