Regional Category Manager (m/f/d) Corporate Logistics Procurement Europe

About us

We are ALTANA: one group of companies – four divisions: BYK, ECKART, ELANTAS, and ACTEGA. A global leader in specialty chemicals and with myriad opportunities for you to develop and grow. Enrich your life with this decisive plus!

With more than 8.000 employees, the ALTANA Group achieved sales of over 3 billion euros in 2024. ALTANA Management Services GmbH, a company of the ALTANA Group, offers a portfolio of solutions and platforms for all ALTANA companies and bundles internal services and competencies across divisions. At our sites in Wesel and Güntersthal, around 170 people work in functions such as IT, Corporate Procurement, Corporate EH&S, Accounting Services, Intellectual Property, Payroll, General Administration und Digital Transformation.

Regional Category Manager (m/f/d) Corporate Logistics Procurement Europe
Location: Wesel on the Lower Rhine or Hartenstein

Responsibilities

Exciting opportunities await you – in this role, you will realize a European tender roadmap, regularly reviewing resp. tendering logistics services in the market in terms of costs and service as well as strategically evolving our logistics network concerning service provider management, costs and benefits. Further tasks include:

• Improving data quality, reporting, and digitization
• Taking our logistics reporting to the next level, making both current and future procurement market situations accessible to the ALTANA organization
• Further developing and implementing European logistics and procurement strategies for air, ocean, and land transportation as well as warehousing services in close collaboration with the ALTANA Head of Logistics Procurement and in coordination with ALTANA divisions stakeholders

Requirements

With this profile, you convince us – a bachelor’s, master’, or diploma in economics, engineering, supply chain management, logistics, or a similar subject provides an ideal basis for thriving in this position, combined with several years of experience in the procurement of logistics services in a producing industry, in international multi-project management, and in negotiating for logistics tenders and freight rates. Additionally, you will need advanced analytical skills to design, implement, and evaluate complex logistics tenders, an excellent organizational grasp with a strong service and stakeholder orientation, and prime prioritization capabilities for a dynamic work environment. Your further skills and competencies include:

• Dexterous handling of Excel and procurement-specific database tools
• Adroit working on diverse simultaneous projects and tasks
• Proven conception and implementation accomplishments
• Excellent goal orientation and problem-solving capabilities
• Strong target group-oriented communication skills at all hierarchical levels
• Expertise in international cooperation
• Proficiency in written and spoken German and English

Our Plus

You can count on ALTANA – by joining the ALTANA Group, you will be working in an organization with a unique culture of innovation which encourages individual ideas and talent and promotes open, trusted collaboration. In detail: Look forward to a position in a stable company that is excellently positioned for the future. You will also enjoy …

• A comfortable working environment where everyone knows each other personally and exchanges views, as well as short information and decision-making paths
• An excellent environment for implementing your ideas paired with constructive openness to new developments and other ways of thinking
• Modern pension schemes
• Flexible working hours with options to work partially remotely
• Very attractive development opportunities in a globally active and growing group of companies

Contact

We invite you to get to know us better and to become part of our team. Discover your career plus in specialty chemistry. Please send us your application, preferably via our job market www.altana.jobs.

ALTANA Management Services GmbH | Nicola Krohn | HR | Tel. +49 281 670-26039

ALTANA AG and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Job ID: #1496
Legal entity: ALTANA Management Services GmbH
Location: Wesel on the Lower Rhine or Hartenstein