Global Category Manager - Drive category growth, performance, and people.

Are you a commercially driven category leader with strong negotiation skills within commodities and the ability to lead and develop a young, growing team? If so, you might be the perfect fit as our new Global Category Manager – Waste Management at ABENA.

Driving a strategic category with global potential At ABENA, we are looking for a Global Category Manager for Waste Management – a strategically important category with significant global potential and a clear commercial and operational development agenda.

The category plays an important role in supporting customer needs across markets and requires a strong commercial profile who can navigate global supplier markets, drive category performance, and strengthen ABENA’s competitive position.

In particular, we are looking for someone who understands how to operate in a commodity-driven environment, with plastics as a key material, and who can turn market insight and negotiation capability into tangible business results. As Global Category Manager, you will have end-to-end responsibility for the category at a global level.

You will act on behalf of the entire group and work closely with sourcing, subsidiaries, suppliers, and your own team of currently 5 colleagues to ensure a strong category strategy, competitive sourcing setup, and continued business development1 …