Maternity Cover - Associate Category Manager, Indirect Spend

Are you a proactive and results-driven professional eager to make a significant impact in the green energy sector? Semco Maritime is offering a unique, temporary opportunity for an Associate Category Manager to join our team for a minimum of 12 months maternity cover.

Your position

As an Associate Category Manager for Indirect Spend you will play a pivotal role in leading category strategies across various sectors including facility management, professional services, travel, and more. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in negotiating and driving cost efficiencies while promoting sustainable practices within the supply chain.

At Semco Maritime safety is a core value, and in this role, you will contribute to maintaining and promoting a strong safety culture while delivering innovative solutions. Above all, your work will make a real change for the global energy sector. 

Your workplace will be located at our Global Headquarters in Esbjerg, positioned at the heart of the Danish energy industry with stunning waterfront views. This is a full-time, temporary maternity cover for a minimum duration of 12 months.

Your tasks & responsibilities

As an Associate Category Manager, you will be responsible for crafting and implementing comprehensive category strategies for indirect spend areas such as facility management, professional services, and travel.

• Cost Management: Identify cost-saving opportunities and negotiate with suppliers to secure favourable terms and pricing.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with internal stakeholders to align procurement strategies with business goals and understand their needs.
• Supplier Management: Conduct thorough market analysis, evaluate potential suppliers, and manage ongoing supplier relationships and performance.
• Process Oversight: Ensure adherence to the procurement-to-pay process for all relevant spend categories.

Your Profile & qualifications

We are looking for an outgoing and positive individual who is passionate about indirect spend and wants to leave their personal mark on it. You have a proactive and organised approach to your work and are eager to enhance your skills within the department.

• Minimum experience of 2 years in Strategic Procurement or a related commercial field, experience in indirect spend is advantageous but not required.
• Excellent negotiation and relationship-building skills, capable of interacting effectively across diverse cultures and functions. Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize effectively.
• Positive, proactive, and a team player with the autonomy to operate independently.
• Fluent in Danish and English, both written and spoken.

Welcome to Semco Maritime 

At Semco Maritime, we create change. For people. For projects. And for the global energy sector. With us, you will join a community of over 2,500 of the most dedicated thinkers and doers in the energy industry who are driving real change and making their own personal mark on the global energy landscape. 

While everyone knows why the energy transition is vital, we are concerned with the journey. How to get there. By providing the answers needed to make change real. Because we believe that global energy ambitions can only be realized through hard work and clever pragmatic solutions. This is what we do. This is what we invite you to participate in. 

Safety is at the core of everything we do, and we are committed to protecting our people, partners, and the planet as we work towards a sustainable energy future. 

So yes, working for us will change the energy sector – and may well change you too.  

Care to join the movement? 

Change. With us.