Global Category Manager Production Services — Holcim Group
- Location
- Zug
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Holcim is the leading partner for sustainable construction with net sales of CHF 15.7 billion in 2025, creating value across the built environment from infrastructure and industry to buildings.
Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Holcim has more than 50 000 employees in 45 countries – across Europe, Latin America and Asia, Middle East & Africa – and has been recognized as a Global Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute.
Holcim offers high-value end-to-end Building Materials and Building Solutions, from foundation and flooring to walling and roofing – powered by premium brands including ECOPact, ECOPlanet, ECOCycle, and Ytong. Role Overview
- Holcim is the leading partner for sustainable construction with net sales of CHF 15.7 billion in 2025, creating value across the built environment from infrastructure and industry to buildings.
- Headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, Holcim has more than 50 000 employees in 45 countries – across Europe, Latin America and Asia, Middle East & Africa – and has been recognized as a Global Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute.
- Main Responsibilities Category Strategy and Execution
- Strategic Leadership & Supply Chain Resilience: Define and execute the global category strategy for Production Services across all regions (AMEA, LATAM, EU).
- Family Support: Subsidized child care and paid maternity/paternity leave
- Professional Growth: Company-sponsored training and professional development.
Main responsibilities
- Main Responsibilities Category Strategy and Execution
- Strategic Leadership & Supply Chain Resilience: Define and execute the global category strategy for Production Services across all regions (AMEA, LATAM, EU).
- Develop highly resilient supply chains by executing robust supplier diversification and business continuity plans, mitigating reliance on single-source markets in high-risk or sanctioned environments.
- Cost Leadership & Initiative Management: Drive key initiatives such as Refractory Services, Scaffolding, Internal Material Handling, Industrial Cleaning, and Belt Conveyor services.
- Establish rigorous "should-cost" models, cost breakdown approaches, and TCO-based evaluations.
- Implement medium-to-long-term contracts to proactively mitigate market risks like inflation and global labor rate increases.
- TPSM & Demand Management: Foster an "Third Party Spend Management" initiative via country operational models by identifying and executing optimisation opportunities (e.g., rights scoping and benchmarking of refractory services, scaffolding rentals, benchmarking mechanical services).
- Implement strategic demand management for critical, high-spend events like major plant and kiln shutdowns, partnering with Operations to optimize forecasting and reduce resource consumption.
- Supplier Relationship and Sustainable Procurement
- Risk Mitigation: Lead the implementation of the Sustainable Procurement framework, utilizing platforms to pre-qualify and manage contractor risks in H&S, Labor Compliance, Environment, and Anti-Bribery.
What the company offers
- Family Support: Subsidized child care and paid maternity/paternity leave
- Professional Growth: Company-sponsored training and professional development.
- Discounts and Perks: Subsidized meals, exclusive discounts, and company gifts for special occasions. Employee referral bonus Hybrid work contract
- Holcim is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- We support equal opportunities for everyone, regardless of race, national origin, gender, sexuality, disability, or age.
- We do not use Gmail or any other non-Holcim domains to conduct recruitment processes.
- Please verify the sender address before responding.
Contacts
- Important Notice: Holcim recruiters only contact candidates via official @[holcim.com] email addresses.
Additional details
- Holcim offers high-value end-to-end Building Materials and Building Solutions, from foundation and flooring to walling and roofing – powered by premium brands including ECOPact, ECOPlanet, ECOCycle, and Ytong. Main Responsibilities Category Strategy and Execution
- Global Sourcing (BCC): Implement BCC sourcing strategies for services to leverage competitive skilled manpower, low delivery costs, and volume bundling effects globally by leveraging Holcim”s sourcing teams in China, India as well as supplier networks in Turkey and EEU . Cross-Functional Leadership and Governance
- CAPEX Integration: Provide procurement leadership in capital projects to optimize engineering services, general contracting, and heavy equipment installation.
- Professional procurement certifications (e.g., CIPS Level 3 or higher) and specialized internal procurement academy training are highly desirable. Specific work experience:
- Extensive background executing complex CAPEX sourcing projects for quarry/mining equipment not less than 10 projects > 10 m€ in more than 3 countries, experience in quarry fleet optimisation projects, and large-scale cement plant revamps. Technical / functional skills:
- Familiarity with sustainable procurement best practices, risk mitigation, and pre-qualification platforms in particular Ecovadis and Avetta. Behavioural competencies:
- Analytical Risk Management: High capacity to forecast and mitigate commercial, reputational, and safety risks. Leadership and managerial abilities:
- Change Management: Demonstrated capability to drive behavioral shifts across diverse operational units and align local execution with global strategy.
- Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Chinese (Mandarin), Portuguese, and/or Spanish is a significant advantage for managing and negotiating within diverse international portfolios. MOBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- Discounts and Perks: Subsidized meals, exclusive discounts, and company gifts for special occasions. Employee referral bonus Hybrid work contract
Notes and original content
- Holcim offers high-value end-to-end Building Materials and Building Solutions, from foundation and flooring to walling and roofing – powered by premium brands including ECOPact, ECOPlanet, ECOCycle, and Ytong.
- Role Overview
- Main Responsibilities
- Category Strategy and Execution
- Global Sourcing (BCC): Implement BCC sourcing strategies for services to leverage competitive skilled manpower, low delivery costs, and volume bundling effects globally by leveraging Holcim”s sourcing teams in China, India as well as supplier networks in Turkey and EEU .
- Cross-Functional Leadership and Governance
- PROFILE REQUIRED
- Professional procurement certifications (e.g., CIPS Level 3 or higher) and specialized internal procurement academy training are highly desirable.
- Specific work experience:
- Extensive background executing complex CAPEX sourcing projects for quarry/mining equipment not less than 10 projects > 10 m€ in more than 3 countries, experience in quarry fleet optimisation projects, and large-scale cement plant revamps.
Questions about this listing
What salary does Holcim Group offer for this role?
Holcim Group lists CHF 96'000 - 146'000 gross per year for this position in Zug. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Holcim Group offer?
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