# Lead Category Manager Procurement (m/f/d)

Your role As Lead Category Manager, you will take commercial responsibility for selected procurement categories across the CTS EVENTIM Group. You will develop category strategies, lead complex sourcing initiatives and negotiations, and work closely with business units and subsidiaries to identify opportunities and create measurable value. You will play an active role in building a strategic global procurement function and translating its objectives into effective agreements, transparent business cases and strong supplier relationships. Your responsibilities Develop and implement category strategies aligned with business requirements, market developments and the Group’s objectives. Lead sourcing initiatives end to end, from demand analysis and supplier selection through to negotiations, contracting and implementation. Identify and consolidate demand across business units, brands and subsidiaries to create Group-wide opportunities. Analyse supplier markets, pricing models and cost drivers, and assess alternative solutions. Prepare and manage total cost of ownership analyses, benchmarks and commercial business cases. Negotiate contracts covering pricing, service levels, performance,

- **Id**: 3803225
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/eventim-lead-category-manager-procurement-mfd>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hamburg, Germany, Munich, Germany, Bremen, Germany, Berlin, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T12:26:54Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T17:32:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3617
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Supply Chain, Ticketing

## Company

- **Id**: 1754751
- **Name**: EVENTIM
- **Domain**: eventim.de
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/eventim-de>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 4
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 65
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T12:26:54Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 65
- **Reasons**: conf:10, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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