Category Manager Technology

Miejsce pracy: Kraków

Your responsibilities

• Understand complex business problems, apply advanced analytical thinking / market knowledge and drive the most appropriate business outcome.
• Execute of strategies and plans to achieve or exceed agreed savings targets for the category. Lead on the negotiation of the agreements, challenging business demand and managing the keys risks associated.
• Execute sourcing projects managing each part of the procurement cycle in accordance with Procurement and business governance.
• Maintain a pipeline of contract renewals, working with business stakeholders to proactively manage the demand and deliver value. Execute of strategies and plans to achieve or exceed agreed savings targets for the category.
• Ensure alignment with all key stakeholders within Procurement and the businesses/ functions on category decisions.
• Ensure category and project data (savings, pipeline, milestones, risks, issues, taxonomy) is accurate and reflective of reality.
• Influence the businesses and drive the application of a variety of commercial models to drive the most appropriate business outcomes.
• Work with Heads of Procurement, their teams and Procurement Operations (Resource Management) to manage dynamic resourcing within the category to deliver sourcing projects.

Our requirements

• Strong IT procurement experience with large scale procurement projects in a multi-faceted and global organisation.
• Demonstrated strong commercial, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to lead complex projects globally, including change management.
• Category and stakeholder management experience in a complex environment.
• Supplier management across global categories.
• Experience in leading negotiations and managing large value procurement.
• Having worked within complex, multi layered organisations and worked to the pace and drive required.
• Hybrid Type of working 2 days per week in the office.

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Additional bonuses for recognition awards
• Multisport card
• Private medical care
• Life insurance
• One-time reimbursement of home office set-up (up to 800 PLN)
• Corporate parties & events
• CSR initiatives
• Nursery and kindergarten discounts
• Language classes
• Financial support with trainings and education
• Social fund
• Flexible working hours
• Free parking

Benefits

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses
• life insurance
• remote work opportunities
• flexible working time
• integration events
• corporate sports team
• retirement pension plan
• corporate library
• no dress code
• coffee / tea
• parking space for employees
• leisure zone
• extra social benefits
• employee referral program
• opportunity to obtain permits and licenses
• charity initiatives
• family picnics
• extra leave
• In-office gym

Recruitment stages

• Online assessment
• Phone interview
• Job interview
• Welcome to HSBC!

About the role

Dynamic and proactive, Global Procurement delivers tangible commercial value for HSBC. A varied remit spans all aspects of the procurement lifecycle worldwide - from leading relationships with suppliers, to ensuring alignment across spending plans. Highly engaged with the business, Procurement specialists develop deep strategic understanding. This leads to stronger approaches to measuring success, and ultimately ensures the Group operates ever more effectively.

This move allows you to access tailored professional development opportunities, and our fantastic benefits packages.

In this role, you will:

• Drive value: Lead sourcing projects across a broad IT portfolio including software (SaaS and on-prem), cloud, hardware, services, and consultancy.
• Be commercially sharp: Scope, negotiate, and close complex, high-value technology deals, managing risks and leveraging market insights.
• Engage stakeholders: Build strong relationships with business units, challenge demand, and ensure alignment on category strategy and sourcing decisions.
• Stay agile: Pivot quickly across sub-categories, adapt to change, and manage multiple priorities in a global, matrixed environment.
• Champion data-driven planning: Maintain accurate pipeline, savings, and risk reporting across your category portfolio.
• The role will likely work across a variety of categories so will need to demonstrate a broad range of category knowledge and be able to work dynamically and flexibly with a broad range of SMEs.

HSBC Service Delivery (Polska) Sp. z o.o.

HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. Our global businesses serve more than 40 million customers worldwide through a network that covers 63 countries and territories.

HSBC Service Delivery (Polska) Sp. z o.o. is HSBC's global finance, operations, risk and technology centre. We use our unique expertise and capabilities to provide specialised services – our people range from technologists transforming the banking experience to operations professionals managing 1.7 trillion payments a year.

Our Purpose – Opening up a world of opportunity – explains why we exist. We are bringing together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities and the planet we all share.

Thank you for interest in HSBC.
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Before you apply, please note that we will take into the consideration only applications that include the following statement:
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Due to the high number of applications, we reserve the right to contact selected candidates only.
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In case you would like to resign from participation in the recruitment process or withdraw previously sent application, please email us at: krakow.recruitment@hsbc.com.

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