# Category Manager – Indirect Materials Professional Services

Category Manager - Indirect Materials Professional Services Location: Steinhausen (Switzerland) Reporting Line: Head of Category Management Indirect Materials Role Summary As a Category Manager Indirect Materials & Services, you will be responsible for the global strategic management of the indirect spend categories “Professional Services (incl. Human Resources)” across the Zeppelin Group. You will lead sourcing strategies, supplier management, contract negotiations, and cost optimization initiatives while collaborating closely with stakeholders and suppliers worldwide. The role ensures procurement activities support business requirements and long-term corporate objectives. YOUR TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES Establishing, maintaining, and managing supplier relationships to ensure competitive terms and a stable supply chain Developing and implementing sustainable category strategies to optimize the quality, cost structure, and availability of materials and services Conducting comprehensive market analyses to identify potential suppliers and technologies Redesigning and implementing strategic supplier management Designing and implementing forecasting systems for suppliers based on S&OP pr

- **Id**: 3870920
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/zeppelin-category-manager-indirect-materials-professional-services>
- **Role**: Customer Success
- **Role family**: Customer Success
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Steinhausen, Switzerland
- **Countries**: CH
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T14:23:38Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T18:44:45Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3027
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Wholesale, Farm Machinery, Industrial Machinery

## Company

- **Id**: 2205654
- **Name**: Zeppelin
- **Domain**: zeppelin.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/zeppelin-com>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 77
- **Open postings**: 111
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.739
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 74
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

### Languages

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

## Hiring locations

- **Switzerland** — Iso: CH; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T14:23:38Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.602
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 74
- **Reasons**: conf:10, stale_co, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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