Category Manager – Indirect Procurement

Who will you be working with?
The Category Manager role reports to the Global Procurement Manager - Indirect and will work with internal and external stakeholders across the group (Site Management Team, Site Procurement Teams, functional experts) to develop a coherent future-proofed supplier base strategy. They will work to support all sites across the Group, to develop, imbed and practise effective procurement techniques and strategies for the purchase of capital equipment. They will drive supplier performance improvement and develop Group Supplier strategies moving away from a local selection strategy. This will involve managing the relationships with Group Suppliers on behalf of BDR Thermea, as well as drive cost down and ownership of performance improvement.

There will also be the opportunity to set in place supplier strategies in collaboration with internal stakeholders. Build performance metrics, and performance against key costs, developing budgets, sustainability and performance related KPI’s.

Daily you’ll be responsible for,



but not limited to:
Procurement ownership of delivering high-value, business-critical projects while gaining exceptional exposure to senior stakeholders.

• Work with functional stakeholders to understand business needs and partnering to deliver best value Procurement solutions for BDR.
• Refine a toolkit to support all future purchases.
• Lead end-to-end procurement of products and services, and site projects from supplier selection to contract management.
• Build strong supplier partnerships to ensure TCO, innovation, value, and long-term reliability.
• Negotiate high-value, complex contracts with service providers.
• Align closely with functional stakeholders to anticipate needs and deliver best-in-class solutions.
• Support local Buyers and teams to negotiate and strategize to procure good and servies, ensure “should be” cost mentality and awareness of key drivers of costs to ensure value f

📌 Category Manager Indirect Spend (Bassano del Grappa)
🏢 BDR THERMEA GROUP
📍 Bassano del Grappa