Nordic Category Manager

Permanent employee, Full-time · Copenhagen
Aiming for new heights
At Scalepoint, we help insurers in their digital transformation, streamlining processes to create outstanding customer experiences. Our Procurement team plays a crucial role in supporting this journey by ensuring we have the best supplier network and product categories to meet our goals. As Nordic Category Manager at Scalepoint, you’ll be a key player in executing our Procurement Strategy, maintaining strong supplier relationships, and driving value through strategic sourcing. You will join a small but high-class team consisting of another Category Manager and Head of Procurement. Are you ready to drive procurement excellence and transform supplier relationships across the Nordic region?

What kind of talent are you?
We are looking for a proactive and strategic new colleague with experience in procurement. If you are a team player who thrives in an innovative environment and is passionate about sourcing, negotiation, and category management, this could be your next exciting challenge!Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Sourcing: Fundamental knowledge within strategic sourcing and experience in driving sourcing initiatives.
• Stakeholder Engagement: The ability to navigate and manage expectations and demands from key stakeholders internally and externally.
• Negotiation Master: Great experience in closing supplier contracts and maintaining long-lasting supplier relations.
• Market knowledge: Knowledge of the Danish retail market and comfortable speaking and writing in Danish and English. It is not a demand, but definitely to your advantage, if you have experience working across the Nordic region and/or in Switzerland and Germany - Even better if you possess language skills in Norwegian and/or German.
• Presentations and communication: Experienced in presentation and possess strong communication skills.
• Staying up to date: Used to proactively seek information on trends and tendencies.
• Mindset: Self-starter, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a “can-do” attitude.

What to dive into
As Nordic Category Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping our procurement strategy and driving value through innovative sourcing. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Create and implement sourcing activities according to the sourcing plan.
• Plan and deliver on yearly sourcing initiatives within your categories, ensuring the best possible supplier coverage.
• Leading supplier contract negotiations within your categories.
• Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to align sourcing processes with business needs and to maintain supplier relations.
• Translating claims data into actionable strategies towards suppliers.
• Closely monitor the retail market online and offline, market behavior and trends and ensure that these are reflected in our network of suppliers.
• Ensure the highest possible degree of product match and best business case in close collaboration with relevant internal departments e.g. Customer Success and Data Management.
• Continuously improving category management processes and driving innovation.

Would you like to join the journey?
Submit your CV today, and join us in shaping the future of procurement at Scalepoint. We’ll be reviewing applications and conducting interviews on a rolling basis.

For questions about the position, feel free to contactHead of Procurement, Anders Bæk Johansen at [email protected].