**Deliver results.
Drive change.
Develop your real potential.
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**Location**: Susegana, Italy.
You will be based in Electrolux Food Preservation site in Susegana (TV) only 1 hour distance from Venice, where we are undergoing multimillion industry 4.0 investment.
At Electrolux, as a leading global appliance company, we strive every day to shape living for the better for our consumers, our people and our planet.
We share ideas and perspectives so that together, we can develop solutions that deliver enjoyable and sustainable living.
Come and join us as you are as we believe diverse perspectives make us stronger and more innovative.
In our global community of people from 100+ countries, we listen to each other, actively contribute and grow together.
Come join us in our exciting quest to build the future home.
**All about the role**:
You will be responsible for the category ownership (from strategy definition to following up running business, from scouting suppliers to innovations) for materials and components included in the category Package.
**What you will do**:
- Working in collaboration with Product Line Purchasing and Business Area Purchasing to build and deploy a category strategy that aligns all Product Line and Business Areas requirements supporting new project timing execution and matching with company targets
- Managing the business strategically with the objective to leverage, promote complexity reduction, modularization, cost performance and innovation driving and ensuring productivity targets.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and retain strong supplier relationships with 360 degrees approach (focusing on cost, quality, delivery, sustainability, risk management, innovation ) and extensive negotiation skills.
- Manage relationships / partnerships with cross functional teams and internal stakeholders in different BA
- Responsible of BU definition and implementation, Cost Model, NOWC extension, supplier base definition
- Manage and evaluate contractual agreement terms to ensure compliance
- Address / support resolution to supplier driven performance issues as well as activities on supplier development and improvement
**Qualifications**:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Finance, Business Management, or Equivalent
- From 5 years of relevant, progressive strategic sourcing, category management or equivalent; leadership experience required as well as target oriented
- Strategic approach and open minded person focus on finding solutions and on continuous improvement
- Strong soft skills in managing relationships with both external and internal stakeholders inside a global environment and at different level
- Great communication skills
- Ability to manage large data sets, and convert to actionable information / intelligence
- Stress management
- Required languages: Fluent English written and spoken
**Benefit highlights**:
- Flexible work hours/hybrid work environment
- Discounts on our award-winning Electrolux products and services
- Health Insurance fully covered by the company (this is also in the offer extension terms)
- Extensive learning opportunities and flexible career path.
- A shopping discount web platform in partnership with different local shops
As part of Electrolux, we will continuously invest in you and your development.
There are no barriers to where your career could take you.