Category Director MRO and CapEx (m/f/d)

In this role you lead the MRO and CAPEX category for the Indirect Spend EAME team, overseeing a sizable annual spend and a 9-person group. You will drive category strategies, sourcing, and supplier ecosystems, supporting CAPEX planning and value engineering. The position contributes to the OneSym transformation by maturing procurement capabilities and aligning with engineering, operations, and finance. You’ll shape governance, risk, and digital procurement initiatives while delivering measurable savings and improved TCO.

• Own MRO and CAPEX category strategies, sourcing models, and supplier ecosystems
• Lead strategic sourcing, negotiations, contracts, and CAPEX project procurement
• Involve procurement early in CAPEX planning and investment decisions
• Deliver savings, TCO improvements, standardization, and value engineering
• Drive supplier innovation, performance management, and long-term partnerships
• Provide transparency on CAPEX pipeline, risks, budget impact, and procurement priorities
• Manage supplier risk, ESG, compliance, governance, and contractual safeguards
• Support process improvements, digital procurement tools, and execution excellence (PR-to-PO)
• Ensure adherence to procurement policies, standards, and processes
• Align with engineering, operations, finance, project teams, and regional procurement

• 8–12 years of procurement experience with strong MRO and CAPEX exposure
• Strong expertise in sourcing, supplier management, contracts, and project procurement
• International stakeholder management experience and strong leadership experience
• Fluent in German and English; French is a plus
• Results-oriented with a strong ownership mindset
• High resilience and problem-solving capability
• Structured and data-driven approach
• Collaborative mindset with ability to challenge stakeholders

• collaborative mindset
• ownership mentality
• strong communication
• CAPEX procurement
• MRO procurement
• strategic sourcing