Senior Category Manager – IT Procurement

Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. 

Are you passionate about shaping the future of IT procurement in a sustainable energy company? Procurement Indirect within Vattenfall is seeking a Senior Category Manager. The focus of the role is to manage the strategic direction of the category and the sourcing activities throughout Vattenfall. The target is a group-wide Category strategy alignment and impact to realize overall Vattenfall potential, for best of Vattenfall.

This role is pivotal and the person will be a part of the Indirect procurement leadership team.

Your tasks and responsibilities 

• Lead the development and execution of the Global IT Category Strategy, aligning with Vattenfall's sustainability and digital transformation goals.
• Develop Supplier strategies focused on relationship- and performance management as well as supplier development to ensure novel market approaches are identified and evaluated.
• Build, manage and maintain relationships with the top global IT suppliers, ensuring performance, innovation, and alignment with business needs.
• Manage the Category team, functionally, based on team anchored rules of engagement, work, decision making; cultivate a high-performing team by fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with key internal stakeholders across business areas to translate sourcing needs into actionable procurement initiatives.
• Embed Vattenfall's Procurement Scorecard KPIs into category plans and ensure consistent follow-up.
• Represent Vattenfall with a unified voice in supplier interactions, fostering trust and long-term partnerships.
• Be accountable for the execution of the global Category strategy through procurement decisions across the business. 

Your profile

• Proven experience in IT, Category management or strategic sourcing, ideally within the energy or technology sectors.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen, including cost modelling, spend analysis, and risk assessment.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into commercial models and procurement initiatives.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership.
• Inclusive leadership style, with a track record of coaching and developing diverse teams.
• Academic degree in Supply Chain, IT, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

What makes you stand out

• You're resilient, empathetic, and courageous - ready to speak up and embrace challenges.
• You thrive in complex environments and build strong relationships across cultures and functions.
• You're committed to continuous learning and fostering an inclusive workplace.

Our offer 

We offer a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues as 'Ask and Share' concept is essential for the way we work. We offer attractive employment conditions (smart working, flexible working hours and a good-work-life balance) and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Location  

Solna, Amsterdam, Hamburg or Berlin 

For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Katja Menge via: [email protected]. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Juliane von Bargen via: [email protected]

Trade Union representatives in Sweden via Vattenfall´s switchboard Rolf Ohlsson (Akademikerna), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO), Anders Bohlin (Unionen). 

We welcome your application in English no later than We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website and that you refrain from submitting a cover letter with your application. You apply quickly and easily by answering screening questions and attaching your CV.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click here for further information. 

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. 

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation. 

We look forward to receiving your application