Global Category Manager IM

Global Category Manager IM At Nouryon, our global team takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future. We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you? In your future role as a Global Category Manager IM, you will The Category Manager – IT leads the development and execution of global category strategies, strategic sourcing, and supplier management for the company’s IT indirect spend, optimizing cost, quality, and value across software, SaaS, cloud services, hardware, and IT professional services. The role delivers value through cost optimization, supplier innovation, risk mitigation, and strong contract execution. The category focuses on information technology, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity software, licenses, and services. Partnering closely with IT, Information Security, Legal, Finance, and senior functional stakeholders, the Category Manager aligns sourcing strategy with enterprise technology priorities, translates business requirements into effective sourcing decisions, manages supplier performance, and drives governance and compliance. Category Management Own and continuously evolve global IT category strategies and execute multi-year sourcing roadmaps aligned to business and technology priorities Establish the right roster of preferred suppliers and drive supplier consolidation, cost optimization, and efficiency improvements Design and run end-to-end sourcing events, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, and negotiations Build total cost of ownership (TCO) models and business cases to support sourcing decisions Evaluate emerging technologies and sourcing models to support digital initiatives Contracting & Commercial Negotiations Negotiate and finalize complex enterprise agreements across software, SaaS, cloud, hardware, and services, ensuring terms and conditions meet business objectives. Ensure strong commercial terms, including pricing, service level agreements (SLAs), security, intellectual property, and risk protections Lead supplier negotiations and deliver continuous, sustainable productivity, cost savings, and cost avoidance Supplier Relationship Management Run supplier relationship management (SRM) with strategic technology suppliers, monitoring Key Performance Indicators, service levels, and innovation contributions Resolve high-risk escalations and manage contractual and reputational risks proactively Partner with Legal, Information Security, and Risk teams on supplier governance, third-party risk, and due diligence Stakeholder Management Manage senior-level relationships across IT, Information Security, Legal, Finance, and Compliance to ensure alignment of procurement goals with business priorities Collaborate with the functions to continuously optimize spending; monitor and optimize IT spend, licensing, and cloud utilization; and drive adoption of procurement processes with a customer-focused approach Risk & Compliance Ensure compliance with procurement policies and regulatory standards Promote ethical sourcing, sustainability/ESG criteria, and supplier diversity initiatives We believe you bring Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Information Systems, or another relevant discipline OR Master’s degree or MBA; Master’s degree in Information Technology or related field Minimum of 5 years of work experience in Category Management of Indirect Services Procurement in a global environment; experience in enterprise IT sourcing and category management (software, SaaS, cloud, hardware, and IT services); demonstrated success negotiating complex, high-value enterprise technology agreements Experience sourcing AI and cybersecurity solutions; knowledge of software asset management (SAM) and IT asset management (ITAM) Strategic category leadership, supplier relationship mana…

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