Sourcing Category Manager at Ericsson

Job Summary

• The Sourcing Category Manager shall develop cost effective Ericsson wide category strategies that are based on cross-functional requirements & business needs in both Regions & Business Units.
• The Category Manager is accountable for supplier business intelligence, benchmarking practice & category market knowledge, establishing a cost effective & competitive market place that optimizes Ericsson’s supplier business. The role is also responsible for the Preferred Supplier List & internal compliance to it.
• Through requirement alignment & opportunities from Sourcing & stakeholders, sustainable solutions fulfilling stakeholder requirements, policies, laws & regulations shall be secured.

Responsibilities & Tasks

•     Define & implement cross-functional strategies
•     Define & secure implementation of a preferred supplier list
•     Define & implement applicable category targets
•     Create cost effective & sustainable category business solutions
•     Optimize category team performance
•     Develop the category business model & define best practices

Position Qualifications
Behavioral Competences:

•     Leading & supervising
•     Working with people
•     Relating & networking
•     Persuading & influencing
•     Analyzing
•     Adapting & responding to change

Core Competences:

•     Commercial Acumen & Skills
•     Communication Skills
•     Ericsson portfolio knowledge
•     Facilitate diversity & awareness
•     Financial acumen & skills
•     Fundamental Leadership Competence
•     Knowledge sharing & collaborative skills
•     Leadership through cross functional networks
•     Market insight
•     Presentation skills
•     Team working skills

Minimum Qualifications & Experience Requirements:

•     At least 5 years of relevant experience
•     A first academic degree or equivalent qualification

Preferred Qualifications & Experience Requirements:

•     Business understanding
•     Change & Improvement Management Skills
•     Local laws & Regulation knowledge
•     Negotiation & argumentation skills
•     Sourcing practice, process & strategy knowledge