NPM Purchasing Regional Category Manager - Production Equipment

Job Description

Mission and Purpose of this Position

ONE ContiTech – The first choice for material driven solutions.

Are you interested in shaping the future of ContiTech together with a great team?

Join us as a Category Manager Buildings, Utilities and Facility Management (BUFM) within Purchasing@ContiTech.

In this role, you will drive BUFM procurement activities across the region with regularly global scope, ensuring efficient, compliant, and value-driven sourcing outcomes. You will collaborate closely with business and BUFM stakeholders and contribute to building a strong supplier base and procurement practices.

Your Tasks

As a Category Manager, you will be responsible for managing sourcing activities across assigned categories with a focus on quality, cost competitiveness, risk management, and long-term value creation.

• Develop, implement, and continuously enhance global category strategies based on market intelligence, spend analytics, and business requirements.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing activities, including RFQs/RFPs, supplier selection, contract negotiations, and contract lifecycle management.
• Manage and develop a global supplier portfolio through performance evaluations, benchmark analyses, supplier development initiatives, and strategic supplier reviews.
• Drive international negotiations to achieve sustainable cost savings, optimize total cost of ownership (TCO), and support business objectives.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Operations, Quality, SCM, Finance, IT, and other stakeholders to define requirements and execute sourcing strategies.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, contractual standards, and corporate governance requirements throughout the sourcing process.
• Leverage digital procurement tools, e-sourcing platforms, and analytics solutions to improve transparency, efficiency, and decision-making.
• Identify and implement opportunities for cost optimization, process improvement, and sustainability within the assigned categories.

Qualifications

Your Profile

• University degree in Business Administration, Economics, or a related field
• Several years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or vendor & contract management
• Proven experience in managing sourcing projects and negotiations
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills in an international environment
• Structured, analytical, data-driven and solution-oriented mindset, 
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of topics
• Confident handling of digital tools 
• Fluent in English, German is a plus

Additional Information

What we offer:

The 13-th salary – Paid once a year, in December;
Meal tickets - With a value of 40 Ron;
Private Health Insurance – Health is the most important, so we offer you a medical subscription through Signal Iduna;
Referral bonuses - We encourage colleagues to refer new candidates to us and, at the same time, to get the chance to receive a bonus;
Bookster – Feed your body and your mind. You can borrow books and you’ll receive them at the office;
Sports benefits- It’s important to stay active, so we offer you the 7Card;
Discounts at our partners – We collaborate with different vendors, and we receive discounts for various products/ services like rubbers, restaurants, kindergartens, etc;
System for Rewarding Improvement Ideas – We have an internal improvement program (Continental Idea Management) that gives you the opportunity to come up with ideas and to be honored with an attractive bonus (this is established by the CIM team according to your improvement idea);
Happy days – If you or your child is getting married, or you become a parent, you receive some extra free days;
Life events celebration - If your family is growing, we praise your newborn with a bonus;
Unfortunate events - In case of unhappy events in your life, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case by-case basis);
Extra vacation days – You begin with 22 vacation days/year, and starting with the 3rd year with us, we offer you 1 more day of vacation and. We reward employees who reach 15 and 20 years within the company with another day of vacation, reaching a maximum of 29 days.
Professional development - Many opportunities to develop yourself within the company;
Diversity and multicultural mindset - We encourage you to join us no matter who, where, or what you are. We have colleagues from different nations and a variety of languages are spoken in our company.

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