Category Manager / Strategic Buyer (m/f/d) 100%

Introduction

For our client, we are looking for a strong negotiating personality as Category Manager / Strategic Buyer (m/f/d) 100%. In this role, you will actively help shape assortments, conditions, and marketing activities. You will work closely with purchasing, sales, marketing, and management and contribute to reliably supporting independent pharmacies.

Tasks

• Responsibility for selected product groups and suppliers in the healthcare market
• Conducting price, condition, and contract negotiations with manufacturers and suppliers
• Further development of assortment, condition, and marketing models
• Planning of sales promotion measures in cooperation with suppliers and internal teams
• Analysis of assortment, turnover, market potentials, and competitive trends
• Close coordination with operational purchasing, sales, marketing, and management
• Collaboration on strategic purchasing projects and in the further development of the offering

Profile

• Pharmaceutical, commercial, or comparable training
• Experience in purchasing, Category Management, or supplier management
• Very good negotiation skills and a good understanding of sales and market mechanisms
• Experience in the healthcare, pharma, or pharmacy environment is an advantage
• Very good German skills and good French skills
• Very good Excel skills as well as confident handling of digital work tools
• Analytical, structured, and entrepreneurial way of working with high personal responsibility

Advantages

• Strategically important function with direct influence on assortment, conditions, and market position
• Lots of creative freedom and short decision-making paths
• Cooperation with various internal specialist departments and external partners
• Growing company with a clear orientation in the healthcare market
• Attractive framework conditions and responsible tasks
• Opportunity to contribute own ideas and actively develop supplier relationships

Contact information

If you have further questions regarding this job offer (Reference: JN -072026-1136392), please contact Sabrina Sorgente at +41582333406.

About us

Adecco is the market leader for personnel solutions in Switzerland and worldwide. Every day, our teams in our approximately 50 locations across Switzerland ensure the best match between candidates and customers in different professional fields and industries.

Adecco Switzerland is a company of the Adecco Group, the world's leading company for Talent Advisory and Solutions. We believe in making everyone fit for the future and employ over 3.5 million people daily. We recruit, develop, and train talents in 60 countries, and enable organizations to help shape the future of work.

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