Global Category Lead (f/m/d) Electronics

Location: München, Berlin, Leipzig, Hamburg, Bremen, Mannheim, Essen. Employment type: Vollzeit. Career level: Senior Professional. Job family: Beschaffung, SCM und Logistik. Publication date: 19.06.2026.

Join the Global Procurement team in a strategic category leadership role for Electronics. You will own the category strategy across electronic components, semiconductors, PCBAs, EMS partners and related technologies used in our products and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the Electronics category strategy, including sourcing priorities, supplier governance, commercial roadmap and risk mitigation across components, semiconductors, PCBAs, EMS partners and related technologies.
• Provide functional leadership across procurement teams, ensuring Regional Commodity Managers are aligned with the category strategy, supplier roadmap, sourcing priorities and contract coverage expectations.
• Establish clear ways of working with Regional Commodity Managers, including category alignment, decision paths, sourcing roles, escalation routes and follow‑up on regional execution.
• Build and maintain a structured supplier strategy covering preferred supplier panels, single‑source transparency, supplier performance, allocation exposure, lifecycle risk and business continuity requirements.
• Use market intelligence, supplier insight and component‑level data to anticipate supply constraints, lead‑time developments, technology roadmaps, end‑of‑life exposure and regional supply risks.
• Work closely with Engineering, R&D, Quality, Operations, Product Management, Finance and Legal to align sourcing decisions with technical, commercial and business requirements.
• Lead cross‑functional category governance for Electronics and align stakeholders on category strategy, supplier risks, sourcing decisions, cost actions and implementation priorities.
• Lead or steer strategic sourcing and supplier negotiations for key suppliers and major initiatives, including supply agreements, allocation management and high‑impact commercial decisions.
• Drive stronger contractual coverage for strategic electronics suppliers, including supply continuity, quality obligations, liability, change notification, end‑of‑life and last‑time‑buy provisions.
• Maintain a clear commercial fact base using spend data, BOM and component data, TCO, benchmark pricing, cost‑driver analysis, should‑cost models and supplier performance information.
• Report on category strategy progress, market developments, supplier risks, realised savings, cost mitigation, supplier performance and broader value contribution.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Business Administration or a comparable field. A technical degree in electronics or electrical engineering is advantageous.
• Strong experience in strategic procurement, category management or sourcing, ideally in a global engineering, technology or manufacturing environment.
• Solid experience in electronics procurement (mandatory), with semiconductor exposure across areas such as MCUs, analog and power ICs, memory, sensors, connectivity, PCBAs, EMS partners or embedded electronics.
• Good understanding of the semiconductor ecosystem, including IDMs, fabless suppliers, foundries, OSAT partners, authorised distributors and independent market channels.
• Experience managing electronics supply chain risks such as allocation, mature‑node constraints, obsolescence, product change notifications, end‑of‑life notices, long qualification cycles, counterfeit risk and single‑source dependencies.
• Strong commercial and contractual understanding, including complex supplier negotiations, long‑term supply agreements, capacity commitments, forecast obligations, NCNR clauses, MOQ and MPQ structures and continuity of supply provisions.
• Experience leading category strategy in a matrix organisation, with the ability to influence Regional Category Managers, local procurement teams and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work credibly with Engineering and Quality on qualification, second‑source strategies, approved vendor lists, technical equivalency, lifecycle planning and redesign avoidance.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use spend data, BOM data, lifecycle information, market intelligence, contract data and supplier performance information to support decisions.
• Experience with eProcurement, eSourcing, eAuction, supplier risk tools, BOM analytics, lifecycle management or electronics market intelligence tools is an advantage.
• Fluent English communication skills.

What makes you successful in this role

• You create clarity in a complex, technical and supply‑constrained category.
• You lead through governance and influence, aligning global direction with regional execution.
• You challenge demand constructively and build credibility with senior engineering, operational and commercial stakeholders.
• You use market intelligence, supplier insight and component‑level data to anticipate risk and create value beyond price savings.
• You bring discipline to the category by running the right governance, documenting key decisions and translating policy requirements into practical ways of working.

We offer

• An open and diverse corporate culture where you can develop your strengths.
• 30 days of vacation.
• Vacation pay, Christmas bonus, and other collectively agreed special payments.
• Flexible working hours with 2‑3 days of remote work per week.
• Company pension plan and contribution to private pension provision.
• Childcare allowance.
• €40 tax‑free monthly benefits in kind.
• Extensive training opportunities at our Yunex Traffic Academy and on our online learning platform.