Are you ready to take the next step in your procurement career? We're looking for a Category Manager – Professional Services to join our dynamic team at Bauer Media Group in Hamburg.

Our Team: How we enrich everyday lifeYou'll be joining a collaborative and passionate Procurement team that partners across Bauer Media Group to deliver innovative solutions and cost efficiencies. We work closely with stakeholders across multiple brands and functions, ensuring our services support creativity and operational excellence.

The Difference You Will Make
In this role, you will lead the Professional Services category, driving strategic sourcing initiatives and managing supplier relationships to deliver value and compliance. Your expertise will help shape procurement strategies that support Bauer's growth and sustainability goals.

• Develop and implement category strategies for Professional Services.Manage supplier negotiations and contract agreements.
• Monitor market trends and identify opportunities for cost optimization.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies and governance standards.

• Demonstrable experience in procurement or category management, ideally within Professional Services.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to analyze data and develop strategic insights.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe's largest Publishers. From women's and celebrities' magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

We want to inspire not only our customers, we also want to inspire our colleagues. How? By giving you the opportunity to take on responsibility and by offering you a long-term perspective.

You can also benefit from our attractive offers:

• Individual solutions for the flexible organisation of working hours and location
• Targeted and individual training for your professional and personal development
• A central location in Hamburg's city centre with good transport options (bus & train)
• Subsidy for Deutschlandticket & bike leasing
• Effective health management (e.g. health week, free sports programmes & Wellhub)
• 30 days of holiday & frequent events for employees
• Company restaurant, free magazines & various discounts via corporate benefits
• A culture in which personal responsibility, teamwork and creativity are valued and you have room for creativity and for exciting and challenging tasks

If you are looking for an independent position and would like to enrich our existing team with fresh impulses, we look forward to receiving your complete application documents.

Your contact for this position is Robin (Serbanescu)

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We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.