Category Manager EMENA (all genders)

Kapsch is one of Austria's most successful global technology companies. With its comprehensive ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) portfolio, Kapsch is actively addressing the challenges of the present and the future with intelligent mobility solutions in a wide range of application areas. As a family-owned company founded in 1892 and headquartered in Vienna, Kapsch can look back on 130 years of experience with the future.

We’re looking for a strategic and driven Category Manager to lead global and regional procurement strategies for project-related services such as Maintenance of Traffic (MOT), electrical and engineering services, and installation support. In this role, you’ll ensure cost-efficiency, supplier reliability, and alignment with business needs.

Your Responsibilities :

• Define and execute global and regional strategies for project-related services, aligned with business goals.
• Identify opportunities and service providers offering competitive advantages in cost, functionality, quality, and delivery.
• Collaborate closely with Delivery, Program Management, Bids, and Sales to understand service requirements and project needs.
• Support bid teams by ensuring competitive pricing and procurement solutions aligned with overall category strategy
• Build, manage, and develop relationships with subcontractors to meet evolving project and market demands
• Lead contract negotiations and establish subcontractor agreements.
• Evaluate suppliers using data-driven methods to ensure optimal selection.
• Monitor and understand key economic / category-specific cost drivers and market trends.
• Provide stakeholders with regular insights and updates on market developments and pricing trends.
• Lead initiatives to build best-in-class practices for category management.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of category spend data and regular reporting on performance, savings, and strategy execution.
• Collaborate with SCM Excellence & Controlling to deliver impactful reports and insights.

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Kapsch is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We attach great importance to a balance in the diversity of our employees. Therefore we welcome all applications without regard to gender, age, religious beliefs / ideology, sexual orientation, ethnicity or national origin.

Your contact person for this position : Tatiana Rezan-Sirotinskis - Talent Attraction Partner Austria, T : +43 50 811 1906