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