Category Manager & Team Leader, Nordic Fleet

About the role

NCC is looking for a Category Manager & Team Leader to lead its Nordic Fleet transformation and drive strategic category management across the Nordics. The role combines day-to-day leadership of a team of six colleagues spread across Denmark, Norway and Sweden with the strategic responsibility of making Fleet a more integrated Nordic function. It sits within the Category Management Team of NCC Purchasing.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies that support NCC's business and long-term goals
• Lead the Nordic Fleet team, supporting colleagues, setting priorities and coordinating their work
• Drive the transition to common Nordic processes, responsibilities and ways of working
• Own supplier agreements, policies and governance, and build supplier relationships through Supplier Relationship Management
• Analyse market trends, run risk assessments and give recommendations
• Ensure category strategies and framework agreements are used across the organisation and follow up on KPIs
• Maintain group-level routines for inventory and asset visibility across NCC
• Act as a change leader, implementing new ways of working in a matrix organisation

Required profile

• Solid background in category management, procurement and competitive supply chains, with an academic degree in engineering, business, economics or a related field
• Experience leading people, teams or cross-functional work in a changing environment
• Fluent English and a Nordic language
• Experience in fleet management, vehicle-related categories or other asset-intensive operations is an advantage

What we offer

• Flexible ways of working, with digital collaboration whenever possible
• Employee benefits through the Benify portal and collective agreements
• Opportunities for continued development and further education