Category Purchasing Manager

At Lyreco, we believe in working together for tomorrow, which means constantly looking to innovate and evolve so that our employees, customers and business continue to grow and develop. We believe in a culture that values our employees and inspires them to be the best they can be and our core values of passion, excellence, respect and agility play a key part in this. Through a perfect blend of people, technology and our corporate social responsibility strategy, our future looks bright.

Job Description

Job Description

As Category Purchasing Manager, you will be one of a team of managers taking responsibility for the buying and commercial development of one or more product categories managing a range of products and suppliers to achieve our corporate goals.  You will be reporting to the Marketing Director.

 Main Accountabilities 

• Responsibility for one or more key product categories for Lyreco which involves selecting the right products at the right costs from the right suppliers. 
• Analysing all the results of your category.
• Regular meetings and negotiations with suppliers, analysing supplier performances, service level and maintaining a good relationships.
• Working out the tariffs and price setting in order to reach turnover& margin goals whist  taking into account  competition analysis
• Follow up and understanding of trends in the market and competitor behaviour
• Cooperation with Replenishment department to ensure high service levels
• Creation of a printed and online  catalogue for group and  local product selections, with a strategy by product type
• Ensure the right products are promoted with support from suppliers at the right timing to achieve sale volume and margin targets.
• Optimal spending and maximising of the suppliers back end programs
• Maintaining contacts with Lyreco sales staff, giving presentations to sales and CS, attending sales training days, and the yearly sales convention

 Qualifications and Skills 

• Commercial Degree
• At least 5 years working experience in related position
• Good command in English & communication skills
• Enthusiastic / dynamic / well organised / work well under pressure
• PC literate: Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• SAP Knowledge is a plus