Robert Bosch Venture Capital

Venture capital funding deep tech startups

Global Category Manager

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeShanghai, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
More than 5 years of proven experience in strategic commercial procurement, strategic category management, supplier negotiations, and contract management.
Fluent English in written and spoken communication.
Responsibility and ownership, structured and detail-oriented working style, proactivity, and ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across teams.
Strong strategic mindset, communication skills, resilience, adaptability, and commitment to continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and implement a global category strategy for motors, aligning it cross-functionally with stakeholders across all regions and HC product lines while considering product roadmaps, stakeholder requirements, quantity developments, supply markets, and supplier performance.
Coordinate and define global category activities, including follow-up.
Manage key agreements with the commercial buyer function, including contract and price negotiations, corporate agreements, and commercial price agreements.
Manage a complex international business environment involving procurement volume, supplier and part counts, international HC plants, and manufacturing.

Desired Qualifications

International experience and a technical background related to HVAC business and technology.
Additional languages.

Job Description

Industry Focus: Motors for HVAC appliances (Heat Pumps, commercial and residential climate air-condition solutions.

Your contribution to something big

As a Global Category Manager, you play a key role in ensuring the efficiency and resilience of Bosch’s global supply chain for our sustainable HVAC portfolio. You will be responsible for the lead of one of our most relevant procurement strategies, lead negotiations, build sustainable supplier relationships to contribute innovation and long-term growth.

You are leading, developing and implementing a global category strategy for motors. Aligning strategy cross-functionally with all relevant stakeholders across all regions (EMEA, APAC, AME) and HC product lines, considering e.g. product roadmaps, stakeholder requirements, quantity developments, supply markets, supplier performance
Coordination (definition, follow-up) of global category activities.
Manage key agreements together with commercial buyer function: Contract & price negotiations, corporate agreements, commercial price agreements etc.)
Management of complex international business environment: PUR volume / Number of suppliers / number of parts / international HC-plants and manufacturing,

Qualifications

What distinguishes you?

Education: Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field.

Experience:

Proven experience in strategic commercial procurement, strategic category management, supplier negotiations and contract management of >5 years
International experience and technical background related to HVAC business and technology is a plus

Working Style and Methods:

Responsibility and ownership. structured, detail-oriented, and proactive; Able to manage multiple priorities and collaborate across teams.

Personality: Strong strategic mindset and communication excellence; Resilient, adaptable, and committed to continuous improvement

Languages: Fluent in English (written and spoken); additional languages are a plus

Additional Information

About the Company

Robert Bosch Venture Capital

Venture capital funding deep tech startups

RBVC (Robert Bosch Venture Capital) is a global venture capital firm that backs early-stage deep tech startups in areas like energy efficiency, medical devices, and virtual/augmented reality. It supports companies with funding and access to Bosch’s network and resources to help them scale and bring innovations to market. Unlike traditional VCs, RBVC may purchase solutions for a proof-of-concept while allowing startups to keep their intellectual property, which speeds up development and lowers upfront costs. The firm earns money through equity investments and the eventual success of its portfolio. RBVC’s goal is to accelerate technological advances across multiple industries by connecting startups with Bosch’s ecosystem, customers (from medical centers to data centers), and global reach.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: $3.8B
Headquarters: Frankfurt, Germany
Founded: 2007

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