Assistant Category Manager - Technology Procurement

Assistant Category Manager - Strategic Vendors

Maersk is a global leader in integrated logistics and have been industry pioneers for over a century. Through innovation and transformation we are redefining the boundaries of possibility, continuously setting new standards for efficiency, sustainability, and excellence.

At Maersk, we believe in the power of diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning and we work hard to ensure that the people in our organisation reflect and understand the customers we exist to serve.

With over 100,000 employees across 130 countries, we work together to shape the future of global trade and logistics.

Join us as we harness cutting-edge technologies and unlock opportunities on a global scale. Together, let's sail towards a brighter, more sustainable future with Maersk.

What we offer:

This is an exciting career opportunity in an international, challenging business setting known for diversity and being a high paced environment. You will get to focus on creating valuable relations with current and new customers and work with highly professional teams in an environment where you will be valued, recognized and well rewarded. You will work with amazing and diverse colleagues with a deep sense of commitment to live Our Values and together, go all the way for our customers, society and for each other.

Key Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for managing contracts within Technology Procurement

• Managing a pipeline of scheduled renewals
• Leading negotiations for new contracts and amendments
• Create payment plans for each platform
• Maintain regular meetings with key stakeholders to understand their requirements and align with their strategy
• Define and lead supplier qualification, sourcing evaluation, and decision criteria with business stakeholders
• Manage and execute RFI/RFP’s and act as single point of contact for supplier during negotiations
• Facilitate technical scope discussions.
• Prepare and negotiate contracts in close collaboration with legal counsel and project team.
• Enable high level of engagement and collaboration with suppliers
• Support the business functions and business units in resolving supplier delivery, quality measurement, commercial or contractual issues post sign-off, supplier relationship management
• Ability to gather and analyze business and market intelligence to assist strategic decision making for the software category, whilst having significant responsibility to manage end-to-end sourcing and contract lifecycle activities

Who we are looking for:

Our employees represent a wide range of educational backgrounds, work experience and nationalities - most important to us is your personal skills. You must thrive in a fast paced, fast changing and dynamic environment and be a true team player with strong analytical abilities and interpersonal, and communication skills. The ideal candidate would look like the below:

• You have actively been involved in Technology procurement and category management activities for a minimum of 5-6 years where you have acquired experience in strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, contract lifecycle management, demand to delivery management, project management & stakeholder management.

• Preferably you have strong knowledge of the IT industry – Hardware, Software as a Service (SaaS), IT managed services, Industrial Operational Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Either with industry experience from a vendor or from a similar position in other global company.

• Ideally, you come with a background as a Category Manager, Procurement Manager, Management Consultant or Technical Consultant in the IT/Technology-field, with a proven track record.

• Excellent strategic negotiation skills and contractual / legal knowledge to deliver on procurement projects and category lifecycle management.

• Technical understanding of various IT / Tech. concepts and industry trends.

• Proactive collaboration with suppliers, business partners and key stakeholders with a high level of urgency and delivery in a time critical environment.

• Ability to manage internal & external stakeholders efficiently.

• Business and commercial acumen

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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