Fluence Energy is seeking a Category Manager to oversee the end-to-end category strategy and commercial outcomes for critical spend categories, ensuring sustainable cost competitiveness and supplier alignment. The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience in strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and supplier management, with a focus on driving long-term business performance
Job Summary
The Category Manager owns the end-to-end category strategy and commercial outcomes for strategically important spend categories, ensuring sustainable cost competitiveness, supply continuity, and supplier alignment.
Key responsibilities include developing multi-year category strategies, leading sourcing for critical programs, driving cost reduction through should-cost models and supplier productivity, and managing high-value negotiations.
This role is an individual contributor with high autonomy and accountability, directly impacting the company's cost structure, supply risk, and strategic execution.
Matching Summary
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Fluence Energy is seeking a Category Manager to oversee the end-to-end category strategy and commercial outcomes for critical spend categories, ensuring sustainable cost competitiveness and supplier alignment. The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience in strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and supplier management, with a focus on driving long-term business performance.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
End-to-end category strategy
Sustainable cost competitiveness
Supply continuity
Supplier alignment
Multi-year category strategy
TCO, scalability, quality, risk, and capability
High-value and high-complexity negotiations
Category risk owner
Nice-to-have
Trusted advisor to cross-functional teams
Unleash Voices culture
Customer Fluent focus
Infinite Impact mindset
All In for growth culture
Key Requirements
8-12+ years of category or strategic sourcing experience
5-8+ years of progressive responsibility with Master's degree
Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
Global sourcing experience
Complex commercial negotiations experience
Cost modeling and TCO analysis experience
Supplier risk and performance management experience
Executive-level communication skills
Comfort operating in international, cross-cultural environments