Purchasing Category Manager Software & Digital Applications (m/f/d)

Why join the Sourcing department?

Innovation starts with us!   

At the heart of every project, our sourcing teams develops innovative strategies for acquiring materials and services, ensuring quality partnerships and effective cost management. We are committed to providing sustainable solutions, meeting environmental standards and achieving industry-leading performance.  

By joining our sourcing team, you will play a key role in selecting the best suppliers and optimizing our supply chain. You will work with a passionate team, dedicated to finding innovative and sustainable solutions to the challenges of an ever-changing sector.  

In the Sourcing department, we are shaping tomorrow’s electrical world. You can too, Join us! 

As a Purchasing Category Manager Software & Digital Applications (m/f/d) you will report to Category Sourcing Management Team Leader Software & Digital Applications in the Sourcing department based in Blieskastel or Obernai for a permanent contract o strengthen its Indirect Purchasing Function - Group Real Estate, Investments & Business Services Department (GRIBS).

Hager Group is looking to strengthen its Indirect Purchasing Function - Group Real Estate, Investments & Business Services Department (GRIBS) with a Category Manager for Software & Digital Applications.

Your main responsibility is to structure and drive category purchasing topics, with management of key Software suppliers in your panel, at corporate level for all Hager Group entities, worldwide with a focus on France and Germany.

You will act as interface between Hager’s stakeholders and software & Digital providers in a transversal scope of IT enterprise projects, digital and technical solutions development, business services…, and manage associated category panel of vendors & associated purchasing activities.

Your typical purchasing activities are related to:

• Business software suite solutions (CRM, MES, WMS, TMS….)
• Digital applications development
• Cloud platform and products developments (IoT, Embedded, Architecture…)
• Project management (Amoa, SCRUM, Kanban, Waterfall…)
• IT infrastructure, network & telecommunications services
• Others IT technical projects such as in R&D, Laboratory, etc…

The position will be based either in Obernai (France) or in Blieskastel (Germany).

 What you will do?

• Being accountable to design, structure and animate category panel of vendors / service providers and other business partners in order to reach Hager Groups objectives regarding quality, costs, lead time, compliance and sustainable criteria to ensure the application of concerned purchasing strategy. To do so she/he leads the commercial negotiations.
• Organize and drive market benchmark, competitive selection process (Call-for-Tenders) and negotiations together with multi-domain stakeholders.
• Promote collaboration between Hager’s businesses (IT - Digital & Information, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Solution Development and Marketing…) to find synergies and negotiate aggregated volumes to achieve commercial benefits.
• Report achievements in purchasing roadmaps for assigned spend categories and oversee the execution of initiatives.
• Lead business reviews with key strategic partners and/or key digitalization projects
• Accomplish a high-level performance within a culture of collaboration, whilst focusing on process standardization, implementation of best practices and compliance.
• Drive the deployment of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) requirements within purchasing activities and ensures that vendors and any other business partners are matching Hager objectives set in the Code of Sustainable Purchasing.

What about you?

• Academic degree or relevant Industrial/ business management/ information technology/ engineering education
• Having a 4+ years’ experience in software, cloud solutions and/or IT Services
• Technical / IT / Digital Solutions savvy – potentially related to Consultancy, Project Management, Agile Methodology in Digital environments - and having the ability to effectively support projects simultaneously whilst meeting agreed deadlines and goals.
• Demonstrated experience in the management of negotiations with large software editors (ex. GAFAM)
• Proven negotiation skills with understanding of contractual negotiation, development, and local regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate and collaborate across departments, businesses, geographies and disciplines.
• Strong presence and interpersonal skills, with the drive to build effective partnerships with key internal stakeholders, vendors / service providers and other business partners.
• Fluent proficiency in English, skills in German and/or French language are a plus.
• Knowledge of SAP and SAP ARIBA is a plus.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send us your complete application in English.

What we offer?

• Personalized onboarding experience program designed to make your first days smooth
• Opportunities to learn and grow through Hager Group's awarded Hi University. 
• Internal career opportunities, over 25% of our recruitments are through internal mobility

What are the recruitment stages? 

• Once your CV has been selected, you will be contacted by a recruiter for an initial phone exchange.
• You will be invited for a first interview with the hiring manager & the recruiter 
• A second Interview will be then organized with the N+2 & the HR manager

Our success relies on collective energy. Apply now and power up your future with us!