Global Category Manager, IT

Ensuring excellence in execution from procurement to supply chain and reliability delivering quality safety efficiency and sustainability across the value chain.

The role is based in Hyderabad India (Hybrid role). Be part of a motivated passionate and open-minded team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact. Your potential is our inspiration.

Where Youll Make a Difference

• Develop maintain and execute a strategy to source a competitive and cost-effective global portfolio of IT products and services with a focus on software and related services.

• Manage assigned IT sub-categories (e.g. software services) sourced globally with a common supply base and similar market forces.

• Manage IT sub-categories costs and performance of his/her/their full portfolio including establishing the sourcing strategy and setting strategic objectives while optimizing their supplier portfolio.

• Manage relationships with key suppliers ensure alignment with IFF business objectives and participate on Category teams to align sourcing strategies with business needs.

• Engage with global suppliers and maintain extensive market and network insights.

• Interact with IFFs IT leadership up to the CIO level supporting business transitions during integrations and divestitures in collaboration with PMO.

• Develop skills and capabilities in regional teams to support roll-out of IT digital strategies across various functions including Regulatory R&D Quality Creation & Application Commercial and Corporate functions (Finance HR Legal etc.).

• Contribute to key company functional and global business strategies and cost initiatives directly impacting IFFs costs and margins.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Supply Chain Business Management IT Mechanical or any other relevant discipline.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT Procurement.

• 3 to 5 years of experience in software license negotiations.

• Prior experience in stakeholder management (Internal and External).

• Direct negotiations experience with software companies like Microsoft SAP and Salesforce.

• Project management experience people leadership and presentation skills.

• Strong communication skills (written and oral) in English and global leadership interaction.

• Ability to engage motivate people and manage challenges in the organization.

• Strong mentor skills and ability to coach team members.

• Experience in identifying developing and promoting new and existing supplier relationships for global areas.

How Would You Stand Out

• Experience in Mergers & Acquisitions activities is preferred.

• Experience managing a small team.

• Prior exposure in Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool.

Why Choose Us

• Multinational and supporting environment

• Health insurance

• Training opportunities

• Learning and development programs

We are a global leader in taste scent and nutrition offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity national origin race age sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion gender identity & expression sexual orientation or disability.

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