Job Description

Who we are

Amplifon is an Italian multinational company and the global leader in hearing care solutions and services for retail expertise, customization and consumer care. More than 20,300 professionals every day in a network of 9,700 points of sale across 26 countries, give back the joy of hearing, feeling and living to thousands of people across the world. In Amplifon we believe people are the most important component of our success. Thanks to our best-in-class Hearing Care Professionals and front and back-office Teams, we are able to put the everyday taps, pops and splashes back into the lives of our customers. We believe that it’s only through strong investment in talent engagement, continuous professional development, support and recognition that our people can exceed every limit and build a fulfilling career.

Aligned to this goal, we offer a hybrid working policy, allowing employees to work 6 days/month remotely

What we are looking for

The purpose of the position is to define, in close collaboration and partnership with Global/Regional and Countries IT teams, Global sourcing strategies, operating models and solutions to support Amplifon’s IT strategy, priorities and must win battles.

The Global Category Specialists ensures, in collaboration and under the guidance of the Global Category Manager, the delivery of best-in-class business support to realize year-on-year improvements in assurance of supply, service levels, quality, cost, compliance, innovation and digitalization. She/he will have, together with Global Category Manager, the responsibility and accountability for the end-to-end IT global landscape, including the following sub-categories:

• Cloud & Hosting, connectivity platform and security services

• Softwares & Licenses

• Hardware and network equipment

• IT Services and Telecom

• IT and NON-IT related Professional Services

The role reports to the Global Category Manager IT & Professional Services.

What you'll need

• Bachelors’ degree preferably in Business Management, financial, commercial, economical, or technical discipline.
• 3-5+ years of experience in sourcing of IT services and/or other Indirect Categories
• Category Management experience in complex, decentralized and sizeable global organizations

• Connect, mobilize, build trust and influence the business at every organizational level, from operations to functional heads/C-Level

• Builds the right IT internal network to drive category awareness and knowledge at local and Global level while building and maintaining a global category plan

• Manage key strategic relations, including various global suppliers with multibillion revenues and global business footprints. Liaise with senior executives in the industry to identify continuous improvement opportunities via internal and external financial industry benchmarks

• Constantly monitor and assess industry and commercial disruptive trends and technologies to bring valuable insights to the global organization
• Able to manage and deliver challenging YoY financial improvements in line with a clear long term category roadmap
• Fluent in English, preferably Italian but not mandatory