Category Manager

This role is part of our ET/UT product line.
The Category Manager Electronics Assemblies is responsible for defining and executing the global sourcing strategy for PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assemblies) and other electronic assemblies. This role works closely with local purchasing teams across divisions to ensure that sourcing strategies are consistently implemented, driving cost competitiveness, supplier consolidation, and supply risk mitigation.
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Our values
- Innovate with a clear purpose
- Prioritize our customers
- Ensure reliability and accountability
- Stay united to be stronger

**Joining our team means**:

- Collaborating with experts dedicated to innovation and excellence in a dynamic environment.
- Becoming part of an organization that values commitment, initiative, and collaboration to help achieve common goals.
- Joining a rapidly expanding company offering long-term development and success opportunities.
- Contributing to meaningful projects that create a lasting impact.

As Category Manager - Electronics Assemblies, you will have to
- Define and implement a comprehensive global category strategy for electronic assemblies, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, technology roadmaps, and manufacturing requirements.
- Identify, assess, and partner with strategic suppliers to consolidate the supplier base, enhance performance, mitigate risk, and support innovation and cost competitiveness.
- Partner with local procurement teams to operationalize category strategies, ensuring consistency, compliance, and value realization across all sites.
- Monitor global electronics supply markets, emerging technologies, cost trends, and risk indicators to inform sourcing decisions and drive cost reductions and standardization opportunities.
- Lead global sourcing initiatives and commercial negotiations and establish global framework agreements, while supporting local procurement teams in operational negotiations as needed.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, and Operations to align sourcing strategies with technical requirements.
- Drive proactive supplier risk assessment and mitigation strategies and coordinate with local teams to implement action plans that ensure continuity of supply and minimize business exposure.
- Champion the use of procurement tools (e.g., SAP) to track performance, enforce compliance, and enable data-driven decision-making.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing between global sourcing and local purchasing functions and harmonize and enhance sourcing processes and methodologies across different sites.
- Drive measurable impact through KPIs, including cost savings and TCO reduction, supplier consolidation ratio, sourcing cycle time, supplier risk rating and mitigation actions completed, % of spend with preferred suppliers etc.

What makes you an asset to our team
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management or procurement of electronic assemblies in a manufacturing or high-tech environment.
- Proven track record in supplier negotiations and developing strategic partnerships.
- Experience with ERP systems (preferably SAP) and procurement tools.
- Strong analytical and communication skills; ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders.
- ERP proficiency (SAP or equivalent).
- Strategic mindset combined with operational execution.
- Systems thinking
- Global business acumen and cultural intelligence
- Supplier relationship management and risk awareness.
- Master negotiator, consistently securing advantageous terms.
- Collaborative and proactive approach.
- Results-driven with focus on cost, quality, and service.
- Comfort with data analysis and process optimization.

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