Category Manager Logistics

Are you an experienced Procurement Manager and do you want to be a key member in our Procurement Leadership Team and do you love the challenge this brings with it? Do you want to use your skills and knowledge within a company that evolves around the circular economy? Then you might be the right candidate for this job!

Category Manager Logistics (ca. 400M€ Spend)
Location: can be anywhere in Belgium or the Netherlands as long as you are willing to visit our sites

We are looking for a Category Manager Logistics to join our team. In this role, you will manage logistics portfolios across multiple sites and countries, helping us improve processes and deliver sustainable solutions. In this role, you will be a key member of the Procurement Leadership Team and drive the continuous improvement for the end-to-end process thinking, ensuring alignment with all relevant stakeholders. You report to Group Director Procurement and you will lead the category buyers in your team.
Spend: Ca. 400M€ and covering: Trucks, Yellow Goods (FLT, shovels), Containers, Maintenance, Tires.

Your key responsibilities:

Manage logistics suppliers and build strong supplier relationships.
Oversee the lifecycle of trucks and other logistics equipment.
Lead change management initiatives to improve efficiency and performance.
Drive end-to-end process thinking, from planning to execution.
Manage portfolios across multiple sites and countries, ensuring consistency and best practices.

Current Procurement set up:

Procurement function is headed by the Group Procurement Director (Eniko Kato), who joined Renewi in July ’24, the function continues reporting to the CFO (Annemieke den Otter).
Procurement is responsible for an annual budget of 600M€ OPEX and 150M€ CAPEX spend (scope excludes “waste management disposal” cost (i.e. incinerator cost).
Our procurement mission is to Impact the P&L, focus on topline (value in), bottom-line (cost out) and cash generation, while building the right foundation and taking overall care.

If you tick most of the following boxes, we will be a great match!

You are a well-rounded procurement professional with a proven track record in delivering sustainable results in an asset-heavy environment. You don’t understand what’s the big deal about category sourcing strategies; it’s simply the most important tool to align the business on opportunities and you see it as a communication tool.
You are proactive – You think in Partnerships (with stakeholders & with suppliers) – You deliver Performance (and not only promises).
You worked in a matrix organization and you know how to deliver results in this set up.
You worked in best-in-class procurement organizations – you have a vision on how good looks like.
You think in opportunities, value creation, value chain optimization.

You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment which is not very well structured (yet). You are flexible – you don’t mind working from various locations, or staying in your home-office (a day or two a week).
You are keen to make an impact – you are self-driven, you take initiatives and you make sure your ideas happen. Ah! and in the meantime, you keep your stakeholders well informed – colleagues understand what you do and why.
You are curious, courageous, creative, confident connector and clear communicator, collaborating naturally – think in win-win solutions. You understand that communication is not only sending (telling), but also listening (to stakeholders). You are intentional, no-non-sense person, but also down-to-earth.

Location – The Renewi Way

We appreciate that there’s nothing like one size fits all when it comes to individual preferences. Yet we want to strike a good balance between working independently and developing a team-feel, sense of belongings. This is how we work as a Team:

We are headquartered out of Eindhoven (Flight Forum offices), we have 154 sites across Belgium & Netherlands.
We are typically based on a site closest to our home.
We tend to be in Eindhoven once or twice a week, we visit a site location and work from home one or two days a week.
We have monthly (in person) Purchasing Leadership Team meeting and monthly “All Hands” meeting (involving the entire team) on a central location (in person).

What do we offer you?

Renewi has the largest fleet in the Benelux! Ca. 2000 trucks!
We are moving electric – soon enough we’ll have an electric fleet – and you’ll be driving the transition!
A competitive salary and bonus opportunity (max 15%), with a company car, laptop and smartphone and good pension plan.
Varying job in a high performing team, being part of an international, dynamic organization in which you are encouraged to contribute, learn and develop your skills.
You'll play a pivotal role in shaping our procurement plan and working towards our desired outcomes.

Ready to take on a new challenge and make a real difference at Renewi?

Please apply before November the 20th. Do you want to have more information? Please contact Christel Jongh, Senior Recruiter via christel.jongh@renewi.com.

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