Head of IT Consultancy Sourcing Management (748204)

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About this opportunity:
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Sourcing Category Manager to join our procurement team. This position is vital in implementing and driving Category Strategy, ensuring a category supplier base that meets our current and prospective business needs. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining supplier/partner risk, cost, and demand management whilst ensuring quality and compliance demands are met. This role calls for an individual with analytical decision-making skills and the ability to lead with integrity and professionalism.
What you will do:
- Design and manage the category structure, including content and driving operating model and governance.
- Devise category strategy through internal and external analysis, deep dives, quarterly business reviews, and category strategy approvals.
- Initiate preferred supplier list reviews and conduct supplier classification and remapping.
- Ensure adherence to all compliance and responsible sourcing practices.
- Lead and develop strategies, identifying performance barriers and managing stakeholder relationships.
- Manage overall sourcing execution process to meet strategic objectives.
The skills you bring:
- Category Strategy.
- Project Management Process.
- Leadership and development.
- Sourcing Execution.
- Negotiation.
- Communication.
- Category Management.
- Financial Acumen.
- Sourcing Compliance.
- Market insights.
- Ericsson Portfolio.
- Stakeholder Management.
- Change and Improvement Management.
- Business Understanding.
- Supplier Management.
Why join Ericsson?
At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

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Primary country and city: Sweden (SE) || Stockholm
Job details: Sourcing Category Manager