Global Category Specialist

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Job Description Location: Eppelheim; Amsterdam; Valencia: Your role: · Local responsible for the category sourcing of Fruits & Vegetables · Supporting the category manager and global category manager via internal stakeholders · Define local specific category procurement strategy, managing risk and maximizing current/future market conditions, defining contingency planning to ensure critical supply needs are met · Local responsible for the category sourcing · Negotiate with suppliers and execute agreed contractual terms · Drive external / marketplace knowledge for local category · Establish and maintain effective relationships with local suppliers, providing high level of issue resolution where necessary (quality and service); · Monitoring changes in demand · Drive external / marketplace knowledge for local category · Take business requirements as input into enterprise-wide sourcing efforts Your profile: · Negotiation of agreements; commercial skills and familiarity with contract law · Awareness (culture, currencies, geography, and political) · Familiarity with multiple source-to-pay systems (eg. COUPA) and ERP software (JDE, SAP, etc.) · Bachelor's Degree preferably in Supply Manage...