Group Category Manager Inks and Adhesives
Duties and Responsibilities
* Drive the Adhesives sub‑category strategy, ensuring cross‑functional alignment with Procurement, R&D, Operations, PM, and Plant Management.
* Lead supplier negotiations, manage sourcing events, and oversee supplier performance and governance activities.
* Build and expand a robust supplier network, eliminate single‑sourcing risks, and support material and supplier standardization across all plants.
* Manage and continuously improve the material qualification pipeline, resolving technical roadblocks, mitigating supply risks, and incorporating sustainability and innovation priorities.
* Identify and realize savings opportunities, support post‑integration activities, and ensure the effective deployment of CFLEX Procurement standards in all relevant sites.
Your Profile
* Master’s degree in Procurement or Chemical/Materials Engineering.
* Min. 5 years of relevant experience in similar position, ideally in flexible packaging.
* Strong leadership, resilience, and a collaborative mindset with a high sense of ownership.
* Excellent analytical skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
* Strong communicator with the ability to build trusted relationships in a matrix environment. Passionate about innovation and packaging trends;
* Fluent in English and open to occasional travel (10–20%).
Our Offer
* Location: Vienna, Austria (with the option to work partially from Home Office)
* Start: as of now
* Compensation: depending on the job-related experience & competencies, ~ 80.000 EUR gross a year (based on the collective bargain agreement of the metal industry if located in Vienna/Austria).
International career opportunities
Competitive remuneration package
Access to corporate trainings
Access to global wellbeing activities
This goes out to everyone, who wants to challenge the status quo. To people, who want their share in creating tomorrow’s world. And to those, who want to make it a better one. We are Constantia Flexibles – one of the world’s leading producers of flexible packaging for the consumer and pharmaceutical industries. If you are as passionate about developing sustainable solutions as we are, then this is your invitation to unwrap your talent – and to shape the world with us.
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