Procurement Category Manager

**Great benefits and remuneration - Base + car allowance + 12.5% superannuation**
- **Free parking and gym onsite**
- **Global exposure with career development opportunities**

**At KONE, you'll find innovation that goes somewhere**

We see a future of smart cities. As an innovation leader in the elevator and escalator industry, our award-winning products and solutions continue to push boundaries, rethinking how we use buildings for life, work and play.

**Our work will take you in different directions**

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Procurement Category Manager for our Early Sourcing Initiative. This role will be focused on procuring local materials for major and large volume projects for our New Building Solutions and Modernisation Businesses. This includes category strategy develop and managing the end to end procurement process (RFX go to market activities through to contract management of strategic and high value suppliers) working closely with internal and external stakeholder to deliver key service and commercial outcomes for KONE.

You will be working closing with the internal sales and delivery operations teams at both the project bid stage and project delivery stages ensuring end to end procurement fulfillment of locally required materials and services.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Research best practices, benchmarks, and market/supplier developments in the locals material category area
- Lead cross-functional teams in developing and implementing procurement strategies
- Run end-to-end procurement projects/RFx’s for specific projects.
- Negotiate and manage supplier contracts for key area-based suppliers within the managed categories
- Lead contract implementations and resolve contract-related issues
- Manage key supplier contracts, driving performance improvements
- Drive the development and improvement of category-specific policies and procedures
- Act as a global category lead to ensure alignment of sourcing strategies
- Report monthly portfolio savings, program updates, and ad-hoc reports as required

**Are You the One?**
- Minimum 4 years of experience in sourcing or supply chain management
- Bachelor’s / master’s degree in technical or commercial sciences, or a related field preferred
- Ability to build and develop strong collaborative working relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners
- Demonstrated experience in delivering savings and meeting P&L targets
- Experienced in developing category spend strategies
- Advanced excel skills and ability to create business reports and actionable insights from raw data, including working knowledge of SAP
- Experienced negotiator with the ability to manage high value contracts
- Working knowledge of best practice related to the construction sector
- Preferably Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply ‘MCIPS’ qualified

**Why Join Us?**

At KONE, we foster a collaborative and innovative environment. You'll have the opportunity to work with a dedicated team, drive impactful projects, and contribute to our mission of delivering exceptional elevator solutions.
- Enjoy career progression opportunities within a global organisation
- Access a range of benefits that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work
- Car Allowance, ability to purchase leave, extra super, annual bonus and a car space
- Gym membership, discount program and fruit in the office
- Grow with comprehensive learning and development programs covering a wide range of professional skills
- At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life. _