[Japan] Global Category Manager, Japan

Category Strategy & Execution / カテゴリー戦略および実行

• Define and lead the execution of global indirect procurement category strategies across multiple categories, including Marketing Services, IT, Professional Services, Facilities Management, HR Services, and R&D.
• Drive the transition from country‑led sourcing to category‑led management, establishing clear global strategies, sourcing levers, and governance models.
• Own the end‑to‑end procurement lifecycle at global category level—from strategy definition and sourcing to contract management—ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and regional business needs.
• Leverage global and regional frameworks while enabling disciplined local execution to maximize value, scalability, and consistency.

Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management / ビジネスパートナーリングおよびステークホルダーマネジメント :

• Act as a global business partner to senior stakeholders across Finance, HR, IT, Commercial, Operations, and R&D at corporate and regional levels.
• Proactively translate business priorities into category strategies and sourcing roadmaps, delivering value beyond savings (innovation, speed to market, resilience, risk mitigation).
• Orchestrate alignment between Global, Regional, and Country stakeholders, clarifying roles, decision rights, and accountability within a matrix organization.

Supplier & Contract Management / サプライヤーおよび契約管理:

• Lead global supplier and contract strategies, ensuring compliance with corporate policies while accommodating regional and local regulatory requirements.
• Drive supplier performance, risk management, and innovation at category level through structured governance, KPI frameworks, and regular performance reviews.
• Build strategic supplier partnerships that support long‑term value creation and category maturity.

Governance & Compliance / ガバナンスおよびコンプライアンス：

• Ensure adherence to global procurement policies and procedures and promote best-in-class sourcing practices.
• Support internal and external audit requirements and ensure full transparency in procurement processes.

Collaboration in a Matrix Environnent / マトリクス型組織における協働:

• Work in close collaboration with Regional and Global Category Leads to ensure consistent execution of global category strategies across regions and markets.
• Act as a global ambassador for the Procurement function, promoting category‑led ways of working, consistency of standards, and active knowledge‑sharing across regions.
• Facilitate alignment between global strategy and regional execution, supporting the shift from country‑driven spend management to scalable, category‑based governance.

グローバル戦略とリージョナル実行の橋渡し役を担い、各国主導の支出管理から、スケーラブルなカテゴリー管理モデルへの転換を支援します。