Want to know why a job as a Global Category Manager at Heineken is so exciting? This is your opportunity to manage key marketing procurement categories, including creative and production (ATL), for Heineken worldwide. This is a fantastic opportunity for individuals with solid marketing procurement experience to be part of a world-class brand and a team that is driving innovation in the global procurement space.
Your role is focused on maximizing ATL category effectiveness, working in close partnership with a designated project lead. You focus on managing relationships with strategic ATL agencies, production, and technology partners worldwide. You support ongoing efforts to reduce non-working spend to the most effective and efficient level, while boosting the quality, speed, and creativity of Advertising Production. By bringing external insights into our strategy, you help shape best-in-class procurement approaches for Heineken.
What you will realize as a Global Category Manager:
- You operate as a specialist and expert in ATL, providing professional support within Procurement, OpCo, Region, and Head Office.
- You will broaden your expertise in Marketing Procurement beyond ATL Creative and production categories.
- You drive competitive supplier landscapes, tendering processes, and supplier selection, supporting negotiations and pitch processes to ensure the most effective outcomes for all category deals.
- You manage and develop relationships with suppliers, technology partners, and agencies, oversee performance evaluations, and ensure the successful delivery of results.
- You ensure alignment of marketing procurement strategies with the global and regional teams to maximize ATL category effectiveness.
- You support marketing transformation, including handling RFPs, metrics, remuneration models, and savings tracking.
- You manage senior stakeholders effectively, which includes managing expectations, providing proactive updates, and supporting workshops and alignment sessions for decision-making processes.
- You deliver on key performance metrics such as the percentage of globally contracted spend managed by procurement, stakeholder feedback, cost savings, spend efficiencies, improved ROI across marketing services, supplier relationship management (SRM), and the number of innovations proposed and successfully adopted by the business.
Functie-eisen
- 8 or more years of relevant experience in a commerce or procurement role, a consulting position within an FMCG environment, or within creative agencies.
- Deep knowledge of marketing, creative agencies, and strategic sourcing.
- Proven experience in supporting marketing transformation, including handling RFPs, metrics, remuneration models, and savings tracking.
- Fluent proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
Note: the position is based at the Heineken Global Head Office in Amsterdam, which does not include free parking.
Competenties
As a Global Category Manager, you excel through your unique combination of hard & human skills. You are a driven professional and a connector who works in close partnership with a designated project lead to support the delivery and execution of key initiatives. You possess deep analytical & strategic insight to understand, optimize, and manage complex category & supplier management processes. Furthermore, you demonstrate self-assurance and strong functional skills in strategic sourcing and negotiation. Your exceptional stakeholder management allows you to manage expectations, provide proactive updates, and support alignment workshops, ensuring sustainable relationships and world-class team results.
Arbeidsvoorwaarden
- A salary between € 6500 and € 7600 euros gross per month based on 40 hours.
- A project contract for 40 hours a week, for an initial duration of 6 months.
- 25 vacation days per year o.b.v. 40 hours.
- 8.33% vacation geld.
- An attractive plus pension scheme.
- Allowance to set up your home office space comfortably.
- A monthly net allowance for the use of internet, laptop and mobile.
- Unlimited access to the Randstad Academy with more than 5000+ courses.
- Travel allowance.
- Possibility to work hybride.
Bedrijfsinformatie
As a Global Category Manager, you will become part of a community of ambitious professionals who bundle expertise and talents to realize progress.
Executing this assignment means taking immediate leadership in your field and delivering a direct impact within a global organization like Heineken. Working within an innovative global procurement space, you join a community of professionals who bundle expertise and talents to realize progress. This environment offers an opportunity to deploy your expertise, drive complex marketing transformation initiatives, and collaborate with an international network of experts.
Inclusiviteit en diversiteit
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