07/04/2026

Group CFO

DNK-Randers, Danish Crown Vej

Senior Category Manager, Road Logistics 

Are you looking for an opportunity to take your category management skills to the next level? 

We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Category Manager within logistics to build category strategies, and drive value creation in close collaboration with strategic suppliers and internal stakeholders.

Success starts with a team
As a key team member, you will develop category strategies within logistics and contribute to value creation and optimization across categories and business areas. You will join our Group Procurement Logistics team where skilled and committed colleagues will help you onboard. We strive for a working environment where well-being is key and making sure professional sparring is available and relevant.

You will experience an informal atmosphere with attention to personal and professional development in an exciting and changeable international company where you can set your mark. 

You take ownership of your own category
In this position we are searching for a self-driven Senior Category Manager, who can lead the distribution category within our global road category. With steady hands you take the lead in defining and implementing category strategies aligned to business needs - and deliver on both value and ESG targets for the category. 

You have a natural data driven approach and gather and evaluate facts and engage internal stakeholders to define the business objectives, relevant projects and strategies. You are key responsible for all negotiations within the category, taking lead on the entire process from business case, RFx materials, to the final contract. The process will also be supported by your skilled colleagues making sure everything from data to legal matters is correct.  

Your primary tasks will be:

• Develop a strategy for your category together with your stakeholders
• Independently plan and execute the strategy for the category
• Define business objectives and create business cases
• Prepare RFx material and complete supplier negotiations 
• Implement sourcing projects in your category with support from our Sourcing PMO where relevant
• Develop and optimize the category and the supplier relations
• Conduct complex data analysis
• Drive supplier relationship management on selected strategic suppliers   

You will work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, meaning you are fostering good and open collaboration across teams and business areas. 

Who are we looking for?
The ideal candidate has a solid business understanding and great skills in developing category strategies, Supplier Relationship Management, Category Management, Contract Management and Supplier Innovation and is highly experienced in cross-functional collaboration. Furthermore, if you work data driven with a strategic focus, and if you have experience with complex data management and are result-oriented and strong-willed with a high level of energy and an optimistic mind, it´s close to being the ideal match. 

We expect that you have:  

• Several years of experience with procurement within the logistics category or similar categories
• Experience in complex data management and have solid analytical skills
• Experience and enjoy working with procurement models and are familiar with Power BI, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Communicate effortlessly in English and Danish; both oral and written

Primary working place is at Danish Crown’s HQ in Randers.

Internal candidates
We encourage all internal employees to apply if the position is of your interest. 

We handle all applications according to our Policy for internal recruitment, that is available on our Intranet.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Hiring Manager, Tina Søgaard Møller, Director, Group Procurement Logistics on +45 2491 9038

  
Please send your CV and application via the application link to SuccessFactors to make sure we handle all your information according to relevant legislation. 

We look forward to hearing from you!