Global Category Manager - Fasteners

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We’re looking for a passionate Global Category Manager to Alfa Laval Global Sourcing with a focus on Fasteners and Pressure Vessel Bolts, but not limited to this.  

Global Sourcing is responsible for sourcing within Alfa Laval and has its own resources in Europe, China, India, US, and Mexico. The Category Managers are responsible for securing a competitive sourcing of Alfa Laval’s needs. Your focus will be a few selected category areas within the team’s responsibility. The area of responsibility for this position will be around 30 MEUR.

Most important for the job is to drive commercial improvements on Quality, Delivery on Time, and Cost. As responsible for a Category you will develop and anchor the Category Strategy throughout the Alfa Laval organization through intense collaborations with all Business Units. You combine your knowledge within the field with market trends, constraints and opportunities and at all time fulfil compliance requirements.

The job includes to identify new opportunities, potential suppliers, negotiate, and maintain or create new commercial agreements and long-term relationships. You achieve results through active and close co-operation with our Business Units, factories, R&D organization, and the global, local, and regional purchasing network.

You will report to the Global Purchasing Manager for Proprietary Parts, Production Indirect and Capex.  The position is based in Stockholm Flemingsberg or Lund, Sweden. Travelling is required and estimated to 30-40 days per year.

Who are you?

You are an active part in finding opportunities and drive various activities in an efficient and persistent way, yet with an understanding of the importance of showing respect and considering various internal parameters. Strong commercial drive and interpersonal skills enable you to gain results, co-operating and building trustful relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.

What you know

We expect you to be an engineer with strong commercial drive. You hold a university degree and several years of commercial experience from Sourcing. You have strong negotiation skills and experience, with the ability to continuously balance quality, availability, and total costs. Experience from VMI and Kanban solutions are a plus. English is our business language, so we expect you to be fluent both in writing and speaking.

What’s in it for you

We offer a challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value. Your work is an important part driving us towards world class. 

For further information please contact:

Terje Klyver, Global Purchasing Manager, [email protected]

For union Information, please contact:

Jonas Elgered, Akademikerföreningen [email protected]

Anders Jansson, Unionen  [email protected]

Stefan Sandell, Ledarna  [email protected]

Please send your application no later than January 10th, 2026. Selection and interviews will be ongoing continuously.

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