Category Lead - Distributors & Portfolio Management (Advanced Materials)

Location: Krakow, Poland; global scope across EAME and AMER, with collaboration across Europe and the USA.

Company

hirify.global is an industry-leading, people-oriented organization operating in advanced materials, with a focus on safety, ethics, and a diverse multicultural workforce.

What you will do

• Develop and execute the category strategy for the Distributors & Portfolio Management cluster across EAME and AMER.
• Build structured distributor management, tail supplier governance, supplier-base optimization, and raw-material portfolio simplification approaches.
• Identify supplier consolidation, low-volume raw-material rationalization, sourcing-efficiency, and business-continuity opportunities.
• Work with Supply Chain, R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Finance, Commercial, regional stakeholders, and sites on complexity-reduction projects.
• Create governance for raw-material introductions, supplier onboarding, alternative sourcing, and portfolio changes, while supporting supplier performance and continuity management.
• Use spend, supplier, part-number, risk, quality, and supply-performance data to prepare recommendations, business cases, leadership updates, tools, dashboards, and playbooks.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, or a related field.
• 6–8+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, or a related commercial role.
• Proven ability to manage complex portfolios with many suppliers, distributors, part numbers, or fragmented spend.
• Strong experience in strategic sourcing, supplier portfolio optimization, and category strategy development.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
• Good understanding of supplier management, contract management, risk management, and total cost considerations.
• Clear communication skills, including presenting complex topics in a simple and structured way.
• Self-driven, proactive, and collaborative, with the ability to work across regions, influence stakeholders, and navigate complex procurement environments.
• Fluent English is required.

Nice to have

• Procurement experience in a manufacturing environment; experience in automotive, electronics, components, or industrial manufacturing is encouraged.
• Experience in chemicals or raw materials.
• Experience with distributor consolidation, tail supplier management, supplier rationalization, or portfolio simplification.

Culture & Benefits

• People-oriented, family-like atmosphere with diverse groups of team members worldwide.
• Multicultural and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunity to contribute to an industry-leading company and become an integral part of a dynamic organization.
• Safety and ethics are core organizational priorities.

Hiring process

• Applications are forwarded to a Talent Acquisition Partner.
• The Talent Acquisition Partner will provide application updates and support during the process.