Job Description
We are on the lookout for a Senior Procurement Category Manager - Professional Services to join the Global Procurement team in Berlin, Germany on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.
Delivery Hero is running the next generation global online food-ordering platform. Our awesome international team already operates in 70 countries worldwide to ensure hungry customers get the fastest way to their favourite takeaway food. The company has grown from its inception in 2011 to become the world's largest food-ordering network.
Our ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, experienced in managing the Professional Services Category (specifically consultancy companies and agencies) as well as good at getting things done and managing a diverse set of stakeholders. You can play an active role in our future - an exciting job and a workplace in our Berlin Hero Hub is waiting for you!
1. Develop, drive, execute and maintain global strategic procurement for IT and non-IT Professional Services categories with consultancy companies (with main focus on but not restricted to only Big4), law firms and agencies to deliver cost savings, quality improvements, and supplier innovation.
2. Work in close cooperation with senior leaders from respective business units and align procurement initiatives with business priorities.
3. Manage relationships with key external partners, ensuring long-term value creation and performance management.
4. Drive procurement excellence and development initiatives, including process improvements, risk mitigation, and sustainability goals.
5. Optimize profit contribution from strategic procurement activities.
6. Interact and drive strategy with adequate procurement responsibilities in our local entities.
Qualifications
7. You have at least 5+ years of experience in category management / procurement field or comparable experience.
8. You focus on sustainable optimization of profit contribution from strategic procurement activities.
9. You have a good interpretation of internal/external business challenges and can recommend best practices to improve products, processes or services. You are aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate the company in the market
10. You solve complex problems, taking a new perspective on existing solutions and can guide others in solving complex problems.
11. You have experience working in a geographically diverse environment, managing stakeholders from different backgrounds, motivations and mindsets across the globe.
12. You are a team player also who has the creative mindset to work closely with team members to optimize the function, be an ambassador of procurement activities to stakeholders and master in global procurement.