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As a Senior Manager Global Category Procurement on our Corporate Functions team, you ensure processes run efficiently, you bring clarity, and dependable support to the heart of the company. Are you in?\nYour role\nKey responsibilities in your new role\nResponsible for medium to large volumes and / or medium to high complexity \nPooling of demand from various sites to increase procurement power to best possible effect.\nOperations Plan (Blue Book) with yearly goals and estimated market price development to inform Infineon Management and sites about planned strategy and main areas of activities. \nThe Category Manager is the communication provider (spokesperson) to the most important suppliers and specifically focus on global sourcing, selection, evaluation, and the development (out- phasing) to acquire the most promising and best suppliers and to guarantee an optimum on purchased quality and supply chain. \nCo-ordinate a cross-functional “Focus on Value” team (products or services). \nContract management Negotiation of global contracts and agreements to include a common sense of understanding into contracts to have a clear, understandable, and cost-effective regulation among the entire Infineon community and to guarantee certainty of supply with the best terms. \nIntensive, regular contact with internal / external interface partners to especially built up and maintain a communicative procurement network recognize developments (in market, demand, etc.) and to influence accordingly. \nReporting of results Comprehensive reporting of cost reduction / avoidance is executed monthly to inform all sites and the Procurement Heads about the valid details per plant / segment in order to make the results transparent and to control the activities of the CM on a result-oriented basis and against the Operations Plan. \nRisk reporting in case of severe problems (catastrophes or others) extended information is lined out; risks are quarterly reported according to the rules of Infineon Corp. \nRisk Management. \nRelationship management Professionally manage supplier relationship with most important suppliers to ensure suppliers management attention and participation on both sides to continuously enhance collaboration. \nProject support Actively support local projects (e.g. new plants or modules) to take the pooling power also into projects and to use project demand to establish better terms for normal demand.\nYour profile\nQualifications and skills to help you succeed \nHigh level of BA or engineering degree \nApprox. 5+ years job experience on an advanced procurement level in an international environment\nSeveral years job experience in facility management and construction related topics, ideally experience in semiconductor business and project management \nProven record of contract management including knowledge of legal terms with focus on facility management \nStrong communication and negotiation skills on eye-level with internal and external management functions\nCapable of and experienced in leading and coordinating international teams \nHigh mobility: willingness to regular global business travel \nBusiness fluent in German and English, proven IT skills\n#WeAreIn for driving decarbonization and digitalization.\nAs a global leader in semiconductor solutions in power systems and IoT, Infineon enables game-changing solutions for green and efficient energy, clean and safe mobility, as well as smart and secure IoT. 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