Procurement

• Define the mid-term category growth strategy, including targets, assortment priorities, and category-specific growth opportunities
• Identify and close assortment gaps across subcategories, brands, and top-selling products with business developers and account managers
• Assess category performance, stock availability, and attractiveness; trigger sourcing and commercial actions to improve performance
• Prioritise initiatives to improve the on-site category experience, product presentation, and customer journey with the Product team
• Use competitor insights and customer data to guide category experience improvements
• Automate processes to focus more on insights and recommendations
• Act as the category expert and point of contact for internal teams
• Report to the Category Management Team Lead
• Collaborate with Supply, Business Development, Account Management, Marketing, and Product teams

Category Manager

• Define the mid-term category growth strategy, including targets, assortment priorities, and category-specific growth opportunities
• Identify and close assortment gaps across subcategories, brands, and top-selling products with business developers and account managers
• Assess category performance, stock availability, and attractiveness; trigger sourcing and commercial actions to improve performance
• Prioritise improvements to the on-site category experience, product presentation, and customer journey with the product team using competitor insights and customer data
• Automate processes to focus more time on insights and recommendations
• Act as the category expert and point of contact for internal teams
• Report to the Category Management Team Lead and work closely with the Head of New Categories

Category Manager – Home & Garden, Sports, Kids

• Drive the global purchasing contracts and agreements strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and supporting long-term organizational success
• Develop best-in-class contract standards, terminology, and governance frameworks
• Lead the digital transformation of contract management, including AI-driven solutions and process simplification
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Sales, and Procurement stakeholders to develop robust contract solutions that balance risk, value creation, and operational needs
• Provide expert negotiation support to global purchasing teams, advising on contractual language, commercial trade-offs, risk mitigation, and financial implications
• Establish and monitor KPIs to ensure contract compliance, process excellence, and sustainable business value
• Lead cross-functional projects to implement and optimize purchasing documentation and agreement processes
• Strengthen data-driven decision-making across Purchasing, Logistics, and Supply Chain functions
• Identify and mitigate supplier, commercial, financial, sustainability and geopolitical risks
• Translate sustainability trends and regulatory requirements into supplier expectations and sourcing strategies

Procurement jobs in Austria

Category Manager

Category Manager – Home & Garden, Sports, Kids

Head of Global Purchasing Governance – Contracts