Global Category Manager Logistics
About the job
- A degree in Business Administration, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Transportation Management, or a comparable field is required.
- Several years of experience in strategic procurement, category management, or international logistics management are required.
- Strong knowledge of transportation and logistics markets, ideally road, ocean freight, and intermodal transportation, is required.
- Proven experience in international sourcing projects, commercial negotiations, and contract management is required.
- Fluency in English and German, both written and spoken, is required.
- Develop and implement global and regional category strategies for logistics services.
- Manage risks and key suppliers.
- Derive concrete sourcing roadmaps, objectives, and measures.
- Identify opportunities for total cost of ownership, bundling, standardization, and network optimization.
- Regularly analyze market, pricing, capacity, and regulatory developments.
- Manage international tenders, requests for quotation, benchmarks, and service provider evaluations.
- Negotiate and implement contracts and framework agreements.
- Identify alternative service providers, routes, and transportation solutions.
- Implement global agreements in cooperation with local organizations.
- Manage and continuously develop an international service provider portfolio.
- Monitor performance using relevant key performance indicators for cost, quality, delivery reliability, sustainability, and innovation.
- Conduct business reviews and initiate improvement measures.
- Ensure capacity availability, delivery capability, and appropriate multi-sourcing strategies.
- Assess and mitigate transportation, service provider, and supply chain risks, and develop contingency plans.
- Collaborate strategically with Supply Chain, Operations, Sales, Finance, and local Procurement organizations.
- Ensure procurement governance, compliance, contract management, and transparent reporting.
- Provide regular reporting on savings, total cost of ownership, supplier performance, market developments, and risks.
- Support digitalization and process optimization initiatives within logistics procurement.
- Experience with Transporeon is an advantage.
- Any additional languages are considered an asset.
About the company
Umdasch Group is a parent company with three operating divisions: Doka, umdasch The Store Makers, and umdasch Industrial Solutions. It focuses on sustainable, profitable development by applying new technologies and sustainability to support customer projects in a future-oriented way. Doka develops, produces, and sells or rents formwork and scaffolding systems that create spaces for living and working and help renew infrastructure. umdasch The Store Makers sets standards with store concepts, shop fittings, and digital tools to optimize retail. umdasch Industrial Solutions provides specialized scaffolding, safety, and maintenance services for industry, including the AT-PAC brand. The group intends to consider a building object holistically across its entire life cycle—from development to deconstruction and reuse—emphasizing long-term value and lifecycle thinking. Its goal is to help customers realize projects sustainably and profitably while expanding capabilities through its divisions.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Amstetten, Austria
Founded
2016
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- 2026 wins with Telefónica Deutschland and Decathlon prove active commercial momentum.
- Financial Life Park Linz and Kölle Zoo projects show breadth beyond legacy fit-outs.
- Leadership transition at The Store Makers suggests succession planning, not crisis, heading into 2027.
What critics are saying
- Silvio Kirchmair exits The Store Makers in late 2026, risking execution slippage.
- Retail fit-out depends on discretionary client capex; project delays hit revenue quickly.
- Any Doka downturn or margin compression threatens Umdasch's 2,086 million-euro 2025 base.
What makes Umdasch Group unique
- Doka and Store Makers combine formwork manufacturing with high-touch retail implementation.
- Umdasch launched Data-Based Shopfitting in 2026, linking AI analytics to store design.
- EcoVadis Silver in 2026 signals credible sustainability discipline across operations.
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Benefits
- Paid Vacation
- Remote Work Options
- Performance Bonus