Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive the Adhesives sub-category strategy, ensuring cross-functional alignment with Procurement, R&D, Operations, PM, and Plant Management.
• Lead supplier negotiations, manage sourcing events, and oversee supplier performance and governance activities.
• Build and expand a robust supplier network, eliminate single-sourcing risks, and support material and supplier standardization across all plants.
• Manage and continuously improve the material qualification pipeline, resolving technical roadblocks, mitigating supply risks, and incorporating sustainability and innovation priorities.
• Identify and realize savings opportunities, support post-integration activities, and ensure the effective deployment of CFLEX Procurement standards in all relevant sites.

Your Profile

• Master's degree in Procurement or Chemical/Materials Engineering.
• Min. 5 years of relevant experience in similar position, ideally in flexible packaging.
• Strong leadership, resilience, and a collaborative mindset with a high sense of ownership.
• Excellent analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong communicator with the ability to build trusted relationships in a matrix environment.Passionate about innovation and packaging trends;
• Fluent in English and open to occasional travel (10-20%).

Our Offer

• Location: Vienna, Austria (with the option to work partially from Home Office)
• Start: as of now
• Hours: Fulltime (38.5 h/w)
• Compensation: depending on the job-related experience & competencies, ~ 80.000 EUR gross a year (based on the collective bargain agreement of the metal industry if located in Vienna/Austria).

https://career.cflex.com/job/Vienna-Group-Category-Manager-Inks-and-Adhesives-1200/1370551633/