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Regional Category Manager - Castings and Forgings
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Regional Category Manager - Castings and Forgings
Job Title: Regional Category Manager — Castings & Forgings (EURAF)
About the Role
The Regional Category Manager (Castings & Forgings) is responsible for driving innovative, data-led category management across the EMEA (EURAF) region.
Key Responsibilities
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Strategic Leadership
- Lead and deliver high-impact, intelligence-driven category strategy for cost savings, availability, and innovation within castings and forgings.
- Align regional targets with global objectives, distributing and driving KPIs in collaboration with Global Commerce Managers (GCM) and Local Category Managers (LCM).
- Support plants, LACs, and markets to achieve targets through flexible implementation plans.
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Regional Sourcing Strategy
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned categories in EURAF (EMEA), ensuring alignment with global spend drivers.
- Conduct continued market analysis on pricing, suppliers, innovations, and production trends.
- Work with the Global Category Manager to coordinate strategy for global categories.
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Supplier Engagement & Contracting
- Manage regional supplier relationships, including contract negotiations, supplier development, and innovation.
- Ensure contracts and annexes comply with regional quality, policy, and procurement laws.
- Represent EURAF Region inputs in global category strategy development.
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Stakeholder Collaboration
- Build and maintain strong local and international stakeholder relationships.
- Lead sourcing projects ensuring value for money, compliance, and sustainable gains.
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Tender & Market Intelligence
- Execute RFx processes, negotiate, and implement regionally efficient contracts.
- Provide regional market data (supplier, pricing, trends, risks) to Global Commodity Managers.
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Standardisation & Compliance
- Ensure adoption of global processes and templates in EUARF, fostering harmonisation.
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Critical with Regulatory Adherence
- Reference Global Category Manager & Regional Category Manager roles and responsibilities (Annex).
Requirements
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Qualifications & Experience
- Completed degree in Business/Technical field (e.g. Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing) or equivalent.
- Minimum 3 years in strategic procurement, with a **focus on castings & forgings Purchasing/Talent».
- Proven experience in global tendering and international negotiations.
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-cultural team collaboration skills.
- Excellent written & spoken German and English proficiency.
Key Competencies
- Exceptional negotiation and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated problem-solving and trend foresight ability.
What We Offer
This is a role for innovators within a dynamic, globally focused company with a strong family culture.
Employee Benefits
✔ Competitive salary package ✔ Career development opportunities ✔ Employee support program ✔ Industry discounts for shopping, travel, and insurance via digital platform
Note: This position may also be filled at other Dormakaba locations.
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