Category Manager, Direct Materials

Become part of a forward-thinking organization and contribute to the green transformation

Have you already demonstrated your ability to successfully develop and lead at least one strategic procurement category and are looking for your next step within a green and fast-growing company? Then we have the right job for you! An exciting role as Category Manager within our Direct Materials team is now vacant. The team consists of 12 highly engaged category managers, having an open, informal atmosphere where knowledge sharing, continuous development, and genuine interest in creating real value-adding sourcing solutions to the business is in focus. Do you want to join a globally expanding team?

Support the growing demand for materials

As a procurement category manager, you will be at the center of our efforts in providing meaningful strategic procurement solutions to the business, catering to our plants located throughout Europe. Effectively, you will be the partner to the business on strategic procurement matters within your category, having the full global end-to-end responsibility.

Your role will be to:

• Define and own all category management activities within your assigned categories
• Be the supply market expert and partner to the business
• Develop and regularly update the category strategy and project pipeline
• Continuously develop the supplier portfolio to match the increasing requirements, securing sufficient external capacity
• Facilitate and lead supplier relationship management and key supplier partnerships
• Negotiate valuable supply agreements, utilizing internal and market intelligence on materials, carbon footprint, cost drivers etc.

This role can be placed at our HQ in Greater Copenhagen Area, Malmö, Cologne, or Kaunas. Some travel, primarily within Europe, is to be expected.

Curious and collaborative category management professional

To grow in this role, you thrive on opportunities and broad organizational exposure. You possess curiosity, professional authority, and strategic category management skills to engage effectively with the business and suppliers. You navigate across borders and cultures, translating business needs into sound sourcing solutions. With a positive mindset, you focus on opportunities and have well-developed commercial and strategic skills.

You also have:

• University degree within Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or similar
• Minimum +5 years of experience within strategic procurement category management of direct materials in a larger international manufacturing company
• High level proficiency in English - both verbal and written

Be a part of our growth journey

NKT is committed to promoting a diverse organization and a culture where people from different backgrounds can thrive and are inspired to perform at their best. We believe that a diverse organization enables sustainable performance, and that an inclusive and welcoming culture makes for a better place to work.

Join us and take advantage of career development opportunities, being part of a collaborative team, and the chance to grow your skills in an international setting. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the green transformation of society.

Read more about our offer and listen to some voices of NKT Connectors here!

We will review applications continuously, but we recommend you apply no later than 16th of May 2025. Be aware that personality and cognitive tests might be included in the recruitment process. If you have any questions about the role, you are very welcome to contact Hiring Manager Martin Helbo Texel at martin.helbo.texel@nkt.com. For inquiries about the recruitment process, please reach out to Senior Global Talent Attraction Specialist at kevin.strack@nkt.com. Please note that due to the GDPR regulations we cannot accept any applications via e-mail.

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About NKT
NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology and takes centre stage as the world moves towards green energy. NKT designs, manufactures and installs low-, medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions enabling sustainable energy transmission. Since 1891, NKT has innovated the power cable technology building the infrastructure for the first light bulbs to the megawatts created by renewable energy today. NKT is headquartered in Denmark and employs 6,000 people. NKT is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and realised a revenue of EUR 3.3 billion in 2024. We connect a greener world. www.nkt.com