Global Category Manager Taps (Hybrid)

About Franke

We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s demands.

About the job

Join Franke as a Global Category Manager Taps and lead the global procurement strategy for this essential product category. In this impactful role, you’ll collaborate with Product Marketing and technical teams to optimize and harmonize the product portfolio, ensuring alignment across all divisions and geographies. By analyzing supplier footprints and identifying opportunities for value creation, you’ll enhance efficiency and streamline the supplier base to maximize benefits. If you’re passionate about strategic sourcing and making a real impact, this is your opportunity to drive innovation at Franke!

Your tasks

Category Management
•    Develop and implement medium and long term sourcing strategies in collaboration with CMO  to ensure best TCO and security of supply for Franke 
•    Align strategy and tactics  with other key stakeholders 
•    Communicate strategy to the organization to support implementation 
•    Contract managements  
•    Lead the relationship with suppliers in coordination with other functions: Product management, Quality, planning

Supplier relationship and portfolio management
•    Lead negotiations on a group level 
•    Target lowest global costs and highest value for Franke globally
•    Manage relationship with strategic suppliers
•    Actively manage the portfolio in order to benefit from a group approach toward taps suppliers. 
•    Guarantee supply availability

Project management 
•    Continuously analyse the supply market to identify new opportunities 
•    Align with all relevant business functions in achieving strategic company targets 
•    Secure sharing of information and support for the local organisations and business units 
•    Develop and participate in cross functional teams 
•    Implements the use of framework agreements on projects as directed

Continuous improvement of value and quality 
•    Implement, support and ensure the use of relevant strategic sourcing processes of sourcing across the group 
•    Identify and implement cost savings opportunities 
•    Communicate, co-operate and involve relevant stakeholders in order to drive the overall strategy. 
•    Engage and secure an open and direct dialogue with stakeholders 
•    Drive continuous improvement from suppliers on service level, quality, TCO and innovation

Leadership
•    Link with local and central teams to insure best results for all parties
•    Lead with a strong support of product management team the supplier relationship
•    Connect with division buyers to insure proper coordination around projects.
 

Requirements

•    5/10 years within Purchasing ideally with a knowledge of the tap industry
•    Worked in a Matrix environment
•    Experience with managing internal and external customers.
•    Ability to travel internationally
•    Post Graduate education
•    Commercial or technical education
•    Fluent in English. 
•    ERP background – SAP preferred but not mandatory

•    Travelling 30-50% within Italy

What we offer you

•    Dynamic, international scale-up company as we blaze new trails and shape the future. 
•    Talented and passionate team that will give you the opportunity to learn from the best and grow your career.
•    Flexible and balanced remote working conditions
•    On site canteen

Contact details

Alexis Diaz

Senior Global Talent Acquistion Specialist

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