About the role
Drives procurement governance, compliance, supplier audits, and policy adherence while establishing scalable processes that reduce cost, mitigate risk, and ensure consistent execution across regions and functions. Owns SLA strategy, negotiation, governance, escalation management, and contingency planning to ensure supplier accountability and business continuity. Leads risk identification, policy evolution, and corrective actions with stakeholders and suppliers to strengthen operational resilience and long-term compliance. Provides executive leadership on procurement, pricing, contract execution, change order governance, claims management, supplier performance, and safety compliance, while resolving complex commercial escalations and driving process improvements. Executes multi-year sourcing strategies across strategic categories, optimizing cost, continuity of supply, supplier performance, innovation, localization, and operational efficiency. Master's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or related field AND Good experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operation OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or related field AND Proven experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operation OR equivalent experience. These
requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: * Master's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or related field AND Proven years experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operation OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance or related field AND Significant years experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operation OR equivalent experience.. COICareers | #EPCCareers | #GSCCareers Sourcing and Category Management M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Germany is € 92,800.00 - € 176,200.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for
benefits and other
compensation.
About Swiftkey
SwiftKey is a technology company that aims to enhance interaction between keyboards and people. It upgrades smartphone keyboards to make typing faster, by utilizing artificial intelligence to learn from each user in order to autocorrect and predict their next word. The SwiftKey Keyboard for Android supports more than 80 languages. SwiftKey was founded by Ben Medlock and Jon Reynolds in 2008 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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Location
Cologne, Germany
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
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A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
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A meeting lands on your calendar
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