Category Manager

About the role

As a Category Manager within our team, you will operate on a global scale. You will manage a designated group of commodities, ensuring long-term quality, cost efficiency, delivery, and sustainability of direct material supply throughout the product lifecycle. Your responsibilities include: Strategy Development: Create and implement strategies for your commodities. Performance Improvement: Actively seek opportunities for performance improvement and cost reduction by understanding customer needs, supply market trends, and innovations. Supplier Scouting: Identify new suppliers and technologies to meet purchasing strategy objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manage all commercial relationships with suppliers within your category areas, ensuring cost, quality, delivery precision, sustainability, and risk management targets are met.
• Drive value through strategic sourcing and cost-efficient agreements.
• Enhance supplier performance, collaboration, and integration, delivering improved results. Manage supplier performance and ratings based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Conduct detailed demand, spend, cost, and market analysis. Use a structured approach to tendering and negotiating with suppliers.
• Manage the entire lifecycle of supplier contracts.
• Drive and follow up on Purchase Price Variance (PPV) activities and contribute to achieving optimal Other Material Variance (OMV) activities.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders such as Manufacturing, R&D, PMO, and S&OP.
• Location :
• This position is based in Jonsered, just outside of Gothenburg
• How we work
• Development
• At Husqvarna we strive to have a work environment that is inclusive and diverse, where we believe that our differences are our strengths. Our winning culture is important to us, which is why we go by the beliefs: We're Bold, We're Dedicated and We Care .
• Who are you?

Requirements

• Solid experience in global sourcing.
• Strong relationship-building skills within the company and with suppliers.
• Well-organized and an efficient decision-maker.
• Strategic thinker with a solution-oriented mindset and a can-do attitude.
• University degree in Economic Sciences or Engineering.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Your application
• Does this sound interesting, don't hesitate to apply as soon as possible, we apply ongoing selection. We do not accept applications via e-mail due to GDPR regulations.
• For more information about the position please contact Hiring Manager Helena Larsson, Sourcing Manager Central Europe at helena.larsson@husqvarnagroup.com
• For questions regarding the recruitment process please contact Talent Acquisition partner - Katarina Karlsson at katarina.karlsson@husqvarnagroup.com
• Processing of personal data
• For more information about how we process your personal data, who we may share it with and what rights you have, please see our privacy notice.
• About Husqvarna Construction

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Additional Information

Last date to apply: 09 June 2026 Welcome to one of the world's oldest Start-ups! By constantly challenging ourselves, we at Husqvarna have continued to develop our business for more than three centuries. This is our heritage, and our future. We are now expanding our team with an additional colleague Category Manager to Husqvarna Construction in Jonsered.

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