Category Manager – B and C Parts

🕒 July 31

🇩🇪 Germany – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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1KOMMA5°

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2021

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏗️ Construction

Consulting • Logistics • Construction

1KOMMA5° is a company dedicated to providing sustainable energy solutions through the installation and management of solar panels, heat pumps, energy storage systems, and energy management technologies. Their Heartbeat AI and Dynamic Pulse technologies intelligently connect and optimize users' energy systems, allowing for significant savings in energy costs. The company emphasizes independence from traditional energy markets by enabling households to produce and manage their own clean energy. With a focus on sustainability, 1KOMMA5° also facilitates the sale of surplus solar energy, helping users earn additional income. They operate comprehensively, offering consultation, planning, installation, and service through their extensive network across multiple countries.

📋 Description

• End-to-end responsibility for the categories of substructures and B and C parts for PV systems, battery storage systems, and heat pumps • Develop and implement category strategies to optimize costs, quality, and availability • Build and further develop a resilient, competitive supplier network • Conduct tenders (RFQ/RFP), negotiate prices, and lead cost-down initiatives • Manage and develop existing supplier relationships, including performance monitoring • Ensure supply continuity and quality • Collaborate with SCM, Installation Operations, and regional sites on demand planning and prioritization • Conduct opportunity analyses to identify cost-reduction levers • Build scalable procurement processes • Manage categories through KPIs and data-driven reporting • Standardize workflows in ERP and procurement systems • Actively share knowledge and promote best practices within the team

🎯 Requirements

• Completed degree in engineering, business administration, supply chain management, or a comparable qualification • Several years of experience in strategic procurement or category management • Technical understanding of products, manufacturing processes, and cost structures in installation materials or comparable categories • Experience with tenders (RFQ/RFP) and complex price negotiations • Proven success with cost-down initiatives • Strongly data-driven and analytical approach, with an understanding of cost structures and market mechanisms • Structured, independent way of working in a dynamic, fast-growing environment • Excellent communication skills and the ability to assertively engage with internal and external stakeholders • Experience with ERP systems and modern procurement tools • Business-fluent German and English skills (C1 level)

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work from offices in central Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, or Cologne and/or remotely • Use your technical equipment during your leisure time as well • Significant opportunities for professional development and the chance to build something independently • Flat hierarchies and early responsibility • Contribute to the energy and mobility transition with sustainable impact • Access to more than 7,600 sports partners through EGYM Wellpass • JobRad leasing for a city bike or e-bike • Benefits and discounts through FutureBens