DSM – Bright Science. Brighter Living.™

Royal DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials. By connecting its unique competences in life sciences and materials sciences DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders simultaneously. DSM delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in global markets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 25,000 employees. The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
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The Challenge

DSM Sourcing is a professional organization supporting DSM businesses to generate sustainable profit by developing, co-ordinating and executing state of art purchasing on a global scale. With a clear focus on Value creation within this department, you need to be an enabler for the business and you make things happen with a high level of engagement and ownership. DSM group sourcing always focusses on challenges with a Total Cost of Ownership mindset.

In this category you will focus mainly on spend under Facility Management and Travel related categories coming from all the Business Groups and Regional units.

We serve all the business Groups in DSM, ranging from Materials to Nutrition. The main challenge will be to extract value from fast pace solutions offered in the market and matching that with our needs of the diverse businesses. Deep understanding of the needs of our businesses being customer centric is crucial for the success of our business while securing optimum cost leadership.

Prior experience in the area of implementing Facility Management and Mobility concepts with adequate knowledge in the driving digital solutions will place you in a great position and knowledge of Ariba, SAP and other relevant systems

As a Category Manager responsible for our category spend in APAC, with operations in China, SEA and India you lead the development and implementation of sourcing strategy for the business while connecting to the Global teams to ensure alignment.

You'll interface with business stakeholders to understand business priorities and requirements and ensure that category strategies and its implementation aligns with those needs. Additional activities also include sourcing activities, contract management, and supplier management activities.

You will like this role if you bring ownership and enjoy working with internal stakeholders and delivering great solutions. Having an outside-in scope to bring new solutions and the flexibility of making your own choices to deliver the expected results. Travelling locally, but also connecting with your colleagues in other regions and in our Sittard office to learn from best practices. You will be reporting directly to the Category Director Facility Goods & Services

The Position

• Lead the design, development and implementation of category strategy for designated categories based on a deep understanding of businesses and in line with the global cluster strategy
• Manage collaboration, knowledge sharing and proper communication within the company by providing category expertise and ensuring use of standardized processes(Ariba CLM, SLM)
• Be a strong liaison between Site Managers, Finance Teams, Human Resource functions, Category Mangers, Buyers in other regions.
• Grow a deep expertise within the category areas by accessing market insights and external knowledge to ensure the category strategy is enriched by knowledge of the supply market and newest solutions within the field.
• Lead engagement interactions with regional teams across assigned category or subcategory scope.
• Act as commercial owner for the suppliers and external market developments in this category
• Develop and lead a Supplier Management Program for the relevant suppliers and drive continuous improvement.
• Help drive change with the stakeholders during the deployment of new initiatives
• Actively look for solutions integral with our sustainability ambitions
  

The ideal

• Bachelors or Master's degree, preferably in procurement.
• 8-10 years of experience in Procurement with relevant experience
• Commercial drive and externally orientated.
• Fluency in Mandrin and English (written and spoken),
  

Procedure & Contact

Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your CV & Motivation letter in English via the career portal ( www.dsm.com/careers ).

Reference check procedures are part of the DSM Recruitment & Selection Process. You will be contacted when these references checks are required.

DSM’s broad and deep understanding of materials chemistry, processing and properties and experience with it in the business application areas are considered as a unique asset. DMSC (DSM Materials Science Center), is the 'shared' research unit that is part of the Materials Powerhouse and that provides the 'Bright Science' foundation to the wider Materials Cluster, contributing to the businesses’ RT&D, AD and NBD programs and supporting in manufacturing and customer problems. DMSC, while focusing on the Materials Cluster will of course also support other DSM units with its competences.

Royal DSM is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.