Global Category Manager Facades, Exterior

il y a 2 jours


Brussels, Belgique BESIX Temps plein

**Company Description** BESIX Group** is a leading multidisciplinary Belgian Group, operating in construction, construction, real estate development and concessions. BESIX Group was founded in 1909, and has grown impressively over the years. BESIX Group operates in Northern and Eastern Europe, North and Central Africa and the Middle East through its subsidiary BESIX Construct, as well as in Canada and Australia. The group stands out in its sector by having its own internal Engineering Department, with wide-ranging expertise in geotechnical engineering, concrete technology, methods, planning, and BIM, System Engineering and similar tools.

In 2022, the Group achieved a turnover of EUR 3.4 billion. BESIX has about 12,000 employees active in 25+ countries with more than 80 different nationalities.

**Context**
- Synergizing our ways of working is one of the six strategic drivers of BESIX Forward. Procurement is clearly a domain where possible synergies can be found and leveraged with short and long term benefits.

To continue identifying and realizing this kind of improvements, a network of dedicated procurement experts is now gradually put in place. Called the Category Experts, these experts will support the business thanks to their specific category knowledge and share best practices across the Group. These Category Experts will be present both at regional and at global level.

To save costs and get a better strategy for all purchases, BESIX wants to propose these positions to our employees, wants to promote internal talent mobility in our organization, wants our employees to be able to expand and enhance their careers and competences.

The Global Category Manager Facades, Exterior & Interior Finishing is the leader of the procurement strategy and the recognized expert in procurement. He / she is leveraging BESIX assets to define a strategy in category sourcing that ensures competitiveness and profitability of the Group

**Key responsibilities**:
**Core Tasks**
- Define procurement strategy for his / her respective category in collaboration with stakeholders (technical, business ) and promote within businesses
- Define strategic partners and manage vendor relationship
- Responsible of managing Vendor Directory for his / her category
- Initiate, negotiate, manage and promote vendors’ framework agreements at BESIX Group level
- Coordinate and animate buyers’ network inside BESIX group for his / her category
- Support Tendering teams by providing vendors and market prices visibility
- Support project execution for BESIX Contracting and Regionals with adapted strategic inputs and negotiation support or responsibility
- Manage vendor performance feedback and adapt BESIX vendor strategy
- Drive a regular market screening to adjust Vendor panel development
- Identify and execute opportunities on price reduction (Tendering & Execution) according to objectives, including group synergies
- Challenge specifications with a strong focus on innovation, sustainability and out-of-the box-thinking

**Mission and responsibilities**
- Define procurement strategy for his / her respective category in collaboration with stakeholders (projects, technical, business ) and associated vendor panel, with a yearly spend of €100 millions
- Focus activities and his/her time for 75% on Facades or Exterior finishing and 25% on Interior finishing.
- Support competitiveness with Tendering teams
- Support profitability during project execution
- Support innovation capture with vendors and promote inside relevant businesses
- Strong focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

**Qualifications** Background**
- Master’s degree - Engineer is a plus
- Procurement certification / degree is a plus
- 10-year experience in the category (as buyer or technical expert)
- 5 to 10-year experience in supply-chain role

**Competencies**
- Commercial sensitivity
- Business acumen
- Convincing and Influencing
- Professional knowledge of English
- Professional knowledge of Dutch and / or French
- Strategic thinking
- Open and active listening
- Willingness to travel

**Additional Information**
A career at BESIX is a lot more than just a job, it's about being part of our changing and innovative world. Your skills, ambition and passion will contribute to the development of our different businesses and allow us to succeed in the challenges of the coming years.

Working for the BESIX group allows you to be a part of a dynamic, creative and entrepreneurial company. It gives you a safe and collaborative working environment with ambitious and innovative goals for the world of tomorrow, but also for your career and personal development.

We are looking for different kinds of personalities, mindsets, backgrounds and genders to build the iconic and sustainable projects of tomorrow.

Are you ready to make an impact and leave a positive legacy for years to come? If you are passionate about our purpose to _Excel_ _in creating sustainable solutions for a better world_, co



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