Category Manager (M/F/X) .POSITION: CATEGORY MANAGER
Industrial Organization Engineering or Business Administration profile, with commercial skills, based on three basic pillars:

• Negotiator of conditions (not prices) with the ability to analyze and interpret data to propose improvements, negotiation levers, etc.
• Commercial profile; the company's first salesperson is the purchasing person.
• Excellent level of English.

Responsibilities:

• Periodic meetings with suppliers.
• Annual negotiation of conditions with suppliers.
• Launch of the company's private label for its products.

• Request for equivalencies and substitutions with the competition.
• Request and analysis of supplier rankings.
• Monitoring of product updates. Request the installed base at the reference level for each product and by Autonomous Community.

• Analysis of supplier tariffs, product equivalencies, sales margins, purchase prices, selling prices, etc.
• Comparisons between suppliers to enable decision-making. It is not just about doing calculations; it is about performing the calculations, understanding them, interpreting them, and being able to propose improvements/solutions/strategies.

• Must be autonomous in the analysis and presentation of action plans for all their functions.

Requirements

• Language requirements: high level of English.
• Must be autonomous in the analysis and presentation of action plans for all their functions.
• Accustomed to conducting negotiations with suppliers (annual agreements, acquisition campaigns, etc.)
• Ability to apply logic to complex situations.
• Excellent communication skills in an international environment.
• High level of Office 365 (especially Excel, PowerPoint).