Category Manager

9 ore fa

udine, friuli venezia giulia, Italia Hitachi Tempo pieno
Overview

In this role you will shape global sourcing for facility services across a multinational footprint, balancing cost, reliability and sustainability. You collaborate with Real Estate, Facility Management, HSE, Finance and Legal to optimize service delivery and supplier performance. You’ll lead multi-country sourcing, drive value through standardization and continuous improvement, and champion innovative FM technologies. This is a strategic, cross-functional role that anchors our facilities capability on a resilient, data-driven foundation.

Retribuzione / Benefits
  • competitive salary and incentives
  • well-being and care
  • paid and unpaid leave
  • flexible work options
  • benefits that support financial security
Responsabilità
  • Develop and execute the global category strategy for hard and soft FM categories
  • Lead procurement for Integrated Facility Management (IFM) services across multiple countries
  • Analyze spend, demand, markets, costs, risks, and FM/IFM technologies
  • Manage complex multi-country sourcing from market engagement through contracting and implementation
  • Drive cost optimization, supplier consolidation, and total cost of ownership improvements
  • Oversee supplier performance with scorecards, QBRs, and improvement plans
  • Establish commercial models, scopes of work, KPIs, SLAs and continuous-improvement commitments
  • Ensure supplier compliance with HSE, regulatory, and contractual requirements
  • Promote innovation using AI, IoT, Robotics, CAFM/CMMS, energy management and analytics
  • Present strategies and results to senior stakeholders
  • Apply Continuous Improvement Process Sourcing (CIPS) to align supplier capability with business needs
  • Ensure ongoing HSE, regulatory and quality compliance in supplier relationships
Requisiti fondamentali
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field
  • At least 8 years of strategic sourcing or category management experience
  • Proven experience with facility service categories across multiple sites/countries
  • Strong understanding of hard and soft FM services and supplier delivery structures
  • Track record in global category strategy, tendering, contract negotiation and supplier performance management
  • Experience in industrial/manufacturing/energy environments
  • Strong commercial, analytical, project management and stakeholder leadership skills
  • Ability to influence across functions and levels in a matrix environment
  • Fluent English (written and spoken); additional languages a plus
  • influencing across functions and countries
  • stakeholder leadership
  • analytical mindset
  • strategic sourcing
  • category management
  • supplier performance management