Category Manager - Professional / Managed Services

Securitas Group

Securitas is a world-leading safety and security solutions partner that helps make your world a safer place. By leveraging technology in partnership with our clients, we offer a broad portfolio of value-enhancing services and solutions integrated across the security value chain – from on-site services to advanced monitoring, comprehensive risk prediction and advisory services.

With around 322 000 employees in 44 markets, our innovative, holistic approach with local and global expertise makes us a trusted business partner to many of the world’s best-known companies. Benefitting from almost nine decades of deep experience and guided by our values of integrity, vigilance, and helpfulness, we create sustainable value by helping our clients optimize their operations and protect what matters most - their people and assets.

Securitas IT

Securitas IT is a truly global workplace within the Securitas Group with 800+ employees in 45+ countries. We are on a mission to transform and develop our business. Right now, there is a major digital transformation ongoing where Securitas IT among other things brings business critical solutions to our guarding segment, enhance data usage, improves the customer interface and streamlines the back-office IT. The Global IT Procurement function resides in the Securitas IT organization and is key in this development.

Global IT Procurement

About the role

We are looking to strengthen our team with a Category Manager for Professional and Managed Services. This is a strategic role within a rapidly evolving organization undergoing a significant transformation journey, offering substantial opportunities to drive change, create value, and shape future ways of working.

The role offers a high degree of ownership and influence across the full supplier lifecycle, including category strategy, strategic sourcing, vendor management, supplier governance, and contract lifecycle management. You will work closely with key internal stakeholders and strategic suppliers to optimize commercial performance, manage contractual commitments, and create sustainable business value.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the Professional Services and Managed Services category, including category strategy, supplier portfolio, and commercial performance.

• Drive business development and sourcing transformation initiatives across the organization:

  • Lead sourcing change management initiatives and promote best practices across stakeholders.

  • Develop and execute sourcing strategies, category strategies, and process improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Genuine background in procurement and/or sourcing, preferably gained through a strategic role within an international IT environment.

• Experience negotiating framework agreements in relevant areas, with an excellent understanding of legal language, contractual terminology, and contract management principles.

• Proven track record of working with major market players such as Accenture, TCS, HCL, Capgemini, Deloitte, and other leading IT suppliers across various categories.

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in procurement and sourcing.

• Experience leading change management initiatives involving multiple stakeholders; cross-border experience is highly desirable.

• A university degree in a relevant field. Additional procurement qualifications, such as CIPS or CPM, are considered an advantage.

• Results-oriented and proactive, with the ability to effectively prioritize workload and manage multiple tasks.

• Strong critical-thinking skills, with the confidence to challenge the status quo while maintaining an open-minded approach.

• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and communication skills, combined with strong business acumen.

• Strategic mindset with a willingness to take on significant responsibility and drive business outcomes.

• Ability to work collaboratively within a matrix-managed organization and build effective relationships across functions and geographies.

Working conditions

This role is open for candidates based in Poland or Sweden.

It's a hybrid working model (2-3 days work from the office (Warsaw / Stockholm).

What we offer

At Securitas we believe in doing the right thing and doing it well. For our customers and our employees. Our employees come from all walks of life and bring with them many talents and perspectives. We aim for diverse representation throughout the company, and we are committed to equal pay, safe working conditions, gender balance and an inclusive work environment with a wide range of skills and development opportunities.

If this sounds like the right next step in your professional career, don't hesitate and apply!