Category Specialist - Sales Equipment

About the role

Sulzer is looking for a Category Specialist, Sales Equipment, to build and run a coordinated global procurement approach for equipment sold alongside its core products. The role is based in Barcelona or Madrid and supports the Water and Industry businesses, initially focusing on Water. It combines strategic category management with hands-on procurement execution.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse purchasing data to understand what is bought, by whom, from which suppliers and in which markets.
• Develop and implement a global category strategy for sales equipment across Water and Industry.
• Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, product standardisation, cost reduction and better commercial terms.
• Lead sourcing, supplier selection, negotiations and contract execution, and set up procurement frameworks for sales entities and local teams.
• Evaluate regional and global sourcing opportunities against local requirements, logistics, risk and total cost.
• Build supplier relationships, review the supplier base and carry out supplier qualification and risk assessments.
• Work with local procurement teams, Sales, Project Management, Quality and Engineering, and support purchase orders and new product introductions.
• Maintain procurement documentation and promote continuous improvement, safety, wellbeing and sustainability.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• About five years of experience in strategic procurement, sourcing, category management or a similar purchasing role.
• Experience managing sourcing projects, supplier relationships, commercial negotiations and contracts.
• Exposure to industrial equipment, technical products, tools or catalog-based products.
• Preferred: industrial-equipment or engineering background, experience with global and local categories, familiarity with retail or catalog purchasing, and working knowledge of Spanish.

Required skills

• Strong analytical skills and negotiation, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work across procurement, sales and technical teams internationally.
• Excellent English; strong digital literacy and Microsoft Excel.
• Understanding of ERP concepts and ability to learn new systems quickly; preferred: SAP, Salesforce or BI tools.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and a variable remuneration system linked to personal and financial objectives.
• Meal vouchers, subject to local policy.
• A voluntary flexible compensation scheme, possibly including health insurance, transport or childcare.
• Career growth within an international engineering company.