Job DescriptionThe Category Manager role is a strategic procurement position responsible for managing the end-to-end lifecycle of a specific category within Nokia. The primary focus is on developing and implementing category strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring compliance with procurement processes.
This role requires strong strategic, analytical, and negotiation skills, as well as the ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive value and efficiency.
How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn
- E2E accountability for defining the category strategy with stakeholders to meet the procurement deliverables/targets
- Ensures a strong internal and external stakeholder management
- Strategic interface towards supplier and accountable for building strong supplier relationship
- Drives supplier performance
- Understands supplier market dynamics/intelligence and drives activities based on supply market changes
- Drives supplier selection according to strategy, supplier base development, and identification of new suppliers




- Responsible for efficient RFx process from supplier selection through onboarding according to the agreed strategies
- Leading contract and price negotiations with suppliers to secure best T&Cs;/contracting for Nokia competitiveness
- Executes periodic price/cost (re)negotiations to achieve the savings targets
- Manage that all contractual agreements including NDA’s and required appendices are in place for all products
- Drives the supplier development activities (e.g., supplier audits/assessments) to establish suppliers’ delivery capability/quality
- Ensures compliance with procurement process, SOX and other statutory requirements within own category
- Ensures that Nokia performs according to its contractual obligations and other commitments towards its suppliers
- Owns and drives regular business review meetings with suppliers
- Drives for minimizing supplier risks e.g., propose/ensure multiple source qu

📌 Category Manager (Tlalnepantla de Baz)
🏢 Nokia
📍 Tlalnepantla de Baz