Category Manager

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**About Us**:
SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Our work is already resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production. True. Blue. Transition. is our promise to enable that into the future while at the same time using our expertise to support new and existing markets in the blue economy. It starts with Advancing our Core: continuing to advance the decarbonization of traditional energy production. While Pioneering More: helping to enable the energy transition and using our unique capabilities in ocean infrastructure to support more industries to grow sustainably. Sharing our experience for a better blue tomorrow.

**RESPONSIBILITIES & MAIN TASKS**

**Category Management**:

- Identify and assess needs, risks, and opportunities as well as purchasing processes on the Contingent Workforce (CWF) Categories.
- Co-design, structure, and develop the Global HR procurement strategy with the CWF teams and relevant stakeholders in alignment with the new vision and strategy of the Global Indirect procurement.
- Conduct all relevant taskings related to Category Management: Demand management, category assessment versus external benchmark, risk and opportunities (short terms to medium terms), relevant sourcing strategy by subcategory/initiatives, contracting, execution and implementation, set-up and update KPI and Dashboard to ensure and demonstrate the Category Performance.
- Once validated, build and agree with the Head of CWF Department and the Global CWF Key stakeholders on a multiyear roadmap, while onboarding all 3rd parties - both internal and external stakeholders - to ensure its implementation and measure the Performance (KPI, dashboard, balance scorecard).
- Ensure the legal and full compliance of the CWF processes and Contingent labor set up.

**Implementation of the Roadmaps and Action plans**:

- Be responsible for the implementation of action plans at both global and local level (country/region), either executing it on your own (in coordination with global CWF Teams) and/or coordinating it with local/regional indirect procurement buyers:

- Define, implement, and execute robust action plans to reach expected goals in terms of cost, value and benefits for the business, quality and time performance, compliance, and ESG Goals (CWF sustainability).
- Suggest and agree with relevant stakeholders and team members the proper level of involvement of CWF procurement to ensure governance and execution of the strategy and associated action plans, results versus target.
- Define and agree on the sourcing strategy: run RFx and any convenient sourcing approach to achieve agreed targets, both quantitative and qualitative.
- Improve vendor management relationships (i.e., SLA commitments, innovations, compliance, ESG, etc.).
- Implement/improve Contract life cycle management.
- Improve and implement any specific dashboard, KPI.
- Provide transparency, monitor, and track record of the results against corporate goals (cost versus budget/targets, quality, time, ESG (i.e., “CWF Sustainability Program”), while working closely with CWF stakeholders, as well as Cost controllers.
- Refresh and update the strategy and its roadmap to bring the category to the next maturity level.
- Ensure that complex and strategic CWF global projects (new ERP, VMS implementation) get the right level of support and involvement from CWF procurement (supplier selection, cost optimization, value for the business, suppliers’ performance and contract review, etc.) for the success of these strategic projects.

**Contributing actively to the new CWF Procurement activities**:

- Act accordingly to ensure the implementation of the new CWF procurement Governance, within SBM Offshore.
- Promote CWF procurement activities in your category: Demonstrate key results and value creation, feeding CWF procurements KPIs and Dashboard (cost savings, supplier performance, contract life cycle, etc.), while developing specific Balance Score Cards to your category to improve track records and decision making for your CWF stakeholders.
- Develop and share CWF procurement expertise and provide updates on Supplier Market Intelligence in your category, such as Cost, Service improvement, added value that fit with the business needs of the company, innovations, best practices of the players.
- Be a key team player of the “One CWF procurement team”, notably:

- Feeding the new Global CWF procurement strategy, while implementing the TOM at a global level.
- Updating/participating in the creation of new governance, processes, and tools.
- Work closely with the P2P Team to ensure that E2E process and communication flow are always efficient, maintaining an