Strategic Category Lead

Do you want your impact to be recognised?
If you’re ready to have an impact in a career that makes a difference, Mölnlycke could be your next step. You’ll be helping to equip medical professionals around the world with solutions to improve outcomes for patients. And you’ll be developing yourself in a global environment with an inspirational culture, with lots of opportunities. All the while building a successful career, with real purpose.
Mölnlycke is now looking for a Strategic Category Lead to join the Wound Care Procurement team. This position will be based at our global HQ in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The purpose of the role is to:
Secure the supply of raw materials and products from key suppliers through partnership relations.
Plan and direct sustainable purchasing activities to ensure optimum pricing, quality, delivery and service in order to maximize the purchasing power of the company.
Participate in product development projects and drive the sourcing related activities hereto.
Develop strategies and lead category work for assigned categories in accordance with the sourcing process and thereby support the company objectives and strategies.


Your key accountabilities:
Develop long term sourcing strategies based on company objectives to improve efficiencies, reducing CO2 emissions and ensure satisfactory supplier and product performance.
Monitor market and industry trends that affect assigned areas, including cost drivers, manufacturing costs, material development and the global supply base to be used in cost reduction activities and price negotiations.
Initiate and determine contractual documents with high complexity and value, such as, RFQ’s, set up of supply agreements to secure cost-efficient supply chain and facilitate product development arrangements.
Apply effective negotiation techniques to establish agreements that support identified strategies and enhance the global competitiveness of the company.
Participate in new product development projects to drive the sourcing related activities and to ensure that the procurement strategy is maintained.
Lead cross-functional commodity teams with the responsibility to drive cost reduction, make/buy analysis, quality and delivery performance, drive sustainability improvements, reduction of inventory and other applicable key performance areas.


What you’ll get:
Wellness benefits
Flexible working hours
Great colleagues in a global company
An open, friendly and fair working atmosphere
Competitive compensation package including company pension plan, bonus, company health care

What you’ll need
Experience in sourcing strategy formulation and implementation
Academic business degree within relevant field
Analytical and cost calculation skills
Excellent networking and negotiations skills
Supplier Management and Category Management experience
Basic commercial agreements and policies knowledge
Relevant international purchasing experience

Overall knowledge/understanding of Emission management/Scope 3 is seen as an advantage

Our approach to diversity and inclusion
At Mölnlycke diversity is not just a vision, but our strength. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that values and celebrates the power of diversity. At the heart of our commitment is the belief that diversity fuels innovation, creativity and problem-solving. We invite you to be a part of a team where authenticity is embraced, and every employee, regardless of background or any other traits, experiences a true sense of belonging. Your attitude, drive, enthusiasm, and eagerness to learn are just as important to us as the requirements for the role.

Please submit your application by February 18.

About Mölnlycke
Mölnlycke is a world-leading medical products and solutions company that equips healthcare professionals to achieve the best patient, clinical and economic outcomes.
Our business is organised in the four business areas Wound Care, Operating Room Solutions, Gloves and Antiseptics, where customer centricity, sustainability and digitalisation are at the heart of everything we do.
Mölnlycke employs around 8,700 people. The company headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden and we operate in more than 100 countries worldwide. Mölnlycke is a founding partner of GoCo Health Innovation City, a world-class innovation cluster for health, and in early 2025 our headquarters will move there.
Since 2007, the company has been part of Investor AB, an engaged owner of high-quality, global companies which was founded by the Wallenberg family in 1916. For more information, please visit www.molnlycke.com and www.molnlycke.com/career