Procurement Category Manager - Indirect Procurement

Would you like to join a strategic, global Procurement Department, where you will be responsible for the main part of the Facility categories including:

• Security
• Manpower
• Catering
• Clothes
• PPE
• Laundry
• Pest Control

You will join 200 colleagues in a Procurement team spread across 12 locations (e.g., Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Poland, and Hong Kong).

On behalf of our global organization, we manage procurement activities with an annual spend of approximately EUR 4.3 billion.

How you will make an impact

You will be part of a small team (4 people) focused on Facility, Travel, Professional Services, and Laboratory, sitting within the Procurement Business Services team. In the Business Services team, we are 15 people across 4 locations, and all team members contribute to a great team spirit regardless of role or location. We foster an inclusive culture where everyone feels comfortable speaking up.

We expect you to successfully navigate the complexity of the Facility category as you:

• Develop, launch, and drive RFPs to select suppliers in targeted categories in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Drive the compliance agenda within your categories together with your procurement colleagues.
• Ensure all supplier contracts are compliant with internal policies and external regulations to mitigate risk and support our business objectives. You will have full support from our Contract Manager in this process.
• Participate in cross-functional projects, coordinating between stakeholders and suppliers.
• Development of category strategies.

When you join us, you will be able to test and develop your skills across a wide array of areas - from challenging processes and strategies to coordinating negotiation meetings with and stakeholders across Arla globally.

You will be part of our dynamic team at Arla Foods and contribute to our success by leveraging your expertise in strategic procurement. You will enjoy a vibrant work environment where we have fun and often socialize in an informal context. We also have a strong focus on your individual development and work-life balance.

What will make you successful

The ideal candidate has experience in strategic procurement and ideally knowledge of some of the categories in scope. Experience from tactical and operational procurement is also relevant.
We expect you to have a commercial mindset and thrive in negotiations, building relationships with stakeholders across the organization, running projects, and optimizing processes.

Furthermore, you:

• Hold a relevant education and have experience from a similar position, with several years of procurement knowledge including negotiations—both commercial and legal.
• Have a project management mindset and can support and lead stakeholders from start to end in a procurement process.
• Are resilient and willing to take the lead.
• Thrive on building positive relationships and can manage stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Are structured and analytical.
• Possess advanced MS Office skills.

Lastly, you are fluent in written and spoken English.

Would you like to join us?

If you want to drive the procurement agenda in a global company, seize this exciting opportunity. Please apply as soon as possible. We will evaluate applications on an ongoing basis and close the job opening once the right candidate has been found.

For additional information, please contact Procurement Senior Manager – Head of Professional Services, Facility, Laboratory and Travel, Claus Højlund Mikkelsen at +45 9131 1844 or clamo@arlafoods.com