The Category Manager is responsible for the development of the Category strategy in view of increasing competitiveness and actively participating to business development. The category strategy is a consolidation of:

* Your technical expertise of the products in your category in liaison with technical stakeholders
* Your knowledge of the energy market pertaining to your category
* Your assessment of the capabilities of the key vendors and their sub-vendors in your category including the manufacturing processes, execution and subcontracting model
* Suitability of the vendors capabilities and their execution model to Company Product Lines

You are in charge of the effective management of strategically important vendors and the efficient global sourcing of key equipment.

You help to ensure that projects and operations receive the full benefits of these arrangements by supporting the correct implementation of the procurement strategy on proposals/projects/operations.

You develop a long-term relationship with the strategic vendors and seek to continually and jointly improve vendor performance

• Piping expert
• Commercial Profile - Negotiator - Contractual Negotiation
• Full understanding of the O&G Technical Standards for critical steel grades
• Strong knowledge of European and Chinese market
• 15 years' experience in Piping Procurement role in EPCI company or Sales engineer/Project Manager at Vendors
• Construction Site or Manufacturing plant experience would be a +