Category Manager

The Impact Youll Make
As our Category Manager, youll play a key role in driving strategic sourcing and supplier partnerships while ensuring cost competitiveness and sustainable procurement practices.
Your impact Strengthening supplier relationships, enabling effective contract and price management, and delivering continuous cost improvements that support the organizations operational and financial goals.
Youll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including sourcing, quality, engineering, and supply chain, while taking ownership of supplier engagement, negotiation strategies, and supplier performance reviews, helping us build a more efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply base.
What Youll Be Doing

• Lead price control and contract negotiations with suppliers to ensure cost competitiveness and deliver measurable value to the business.
• Support internal stakeholders by driving cost optimization initiatives and generating negotiation strategies to achieve minimum 1% savings on annual spend.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as sourcing, quality, and supply chain to strengthen supplier relationship management (SRM) and execute regular Business Review Meetings (BRMs).
• Use your expertise in supplier management and procurement processes to identify, evaluate, and onboard new suppliers, ensuring compliance with organizational requirements.
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  Continuously improve supplier performance by supporting ESG initiatives and quality management audits (ISO/IATF/OH&S/ESG) while promoting best practices across the supplier network.
  

What Were Looking For

• Engineering Graduate in Mechanical / Production / Industrial Engineering.
• Minimum 15+ years of experience, preferably in Hydraulics, Off-Highway, or Oil & Gas industry
• Proven experience in procurement and supplier management, with strong capability in executing complex and high-stake negotiations.
• Strong techno-commercial knowledge with the ability to evaluate supplier proposals, cost structures, and commercial agreements.
• Systematic and analytical mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and growth.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and suppliers.
• Collaborative team player who can build strong internal and external partnerships.
  

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What Youll Get From Us

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• Youll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• Youll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but theyre worth asking aboutwe think theyre pretty great.
  

Ready to Make a Difference
If this role excites you, wed love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.
Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.
Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities.
Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 39.360 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.