Senior Global category manager

Join our dynamic procurement team as the Global Food service Category Manager, where you’ll lead strategic sourcing across Kitchen Equipment, Food service Disposables, and Reusables. This pivotal role drives global category strategy and European sourcing initiatives, blending agile supply management with responsible sourcing innovation. You’ll collaborate with regional buyers, operational leaders, and cross‑functional stakeholders to implement new supply کھprocesses, leverage eSourcing platforms, and share market intelligence.

Ideal candidates bring deep procurement expertise, strategic vision, and the ability to influence across regions.

Join Sodexo and be part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your own way.

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• Category Strategy Development
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  Design and implement integrated food التقservice category strategies to enhance cost‑effectiveness and supplier performance.
• Cross‑functional Collaboration
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  Partner with stakeholders from food service, including business segments, food service platform teams, marketing and global brands, as well as regional procurement teams to ensure alignment of procurement strategies with broader business goals.
• Supplier Market Insights
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• Supplier Relationship Management
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  Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with food service global suppliers and other key partners across Europe, promoting high standards in service delivery and cost efficiency.
• Contract & Compliance Oversight
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  Lead European contracting processes with Legal Counsel, setting clear بارSAs, ensuring compliance, and negotiating terms aligned with best procurement practices.
• Data‑Driven Decision Making
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  Address data access and systems limitationsienia: optimise decision‑making, using data insights to guide strategies and achieve cost savings.
• Process Optimization
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  Leverage continuous improvement practices to enhance procurement processes, streamline cross‑regional collaboration, and develop innovative approaches to category management.
• Market Research
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  Attend events, exhibitions, work with innovation teams, marketing and global brand teams to present innovative and sustainable disposable, reusable and kitchen equipment solutions to the business acting as a gatekeeper and innovator to drive market leadership.
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