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European Procurement Category Manager
Job description
Nippon Gases is one of the leading companies in the industrial and medical gases business in Europe. Serving over 150,000 customers and 350,000 patients across 13 countries, we offer a comprehensive range of gas-based solutions tailored to sectors including healthcare, food, electronics, manufacturing, chemicals, energy, and more.
We are seeking a European Procurement Category Manager for our European procurement team. This role involves planning and leading all strategic aspects of the categories under your responsibility on a regional level, and developing proposals for strategic business decisions.
The role provides high-value procurement solutions aligned with category strategies; supports third-party vendor selection, vendor development, technology management, and performance measurement activities to support projects and achieve year-on-year productivity improvements, cost savings, and process efficiencies in close collaboration with stakeholders.
Main Responsibilities:
1. Planning, organizing, and managing projects considering priorities, resources, budgets, issues, and constraints to achieve desired results; defining clear project scope and objectives; utilizing software and tools to plan, track, and report status.
2. Mapping the value chain, analyzing it, and deriving potential scenarios. Applying knowledge of total cost of ownership and cost modeling.
3. Participating in and/or leading financial discussions. Applying financial knowledge to actively participate in budgeting, sourcing strategies, and structuring complex deals with ecosystem partners.
4. Supporting compliance and risk management: monitoring end-to-end compliance (budget,