Category Manager – Masterbatch and Additives

With the ambition to lead our industry into circularity in plastics, Trioworld is on an exciting journey with focus on growth, sustainability, and digitalization. We are now looking for a professional, who would like to work cross divisions in an international setting within our Group Sourcing Organization. Trioworld is private equity owned with ambitious sustainable growth targets, which means that rapid pace of change and willingness to explore new routes of doing business are important to us.

We want to accomplish our ambitious targets by delivering on our vision to be our customers first choice in sustainable polyethylene film solutions. Sustainability is present in everything that we do and will become even more important as a focus area for Sourcing.

Overall purpose of the role

The right candidate will get the opportunity to fundamentally change how we do sourcing and get commercially challenged in an organization welcoming change.

The role is accountable for implementing the Group Sourcing strategic goals for the area of responsibility and successfully managing relevant KPIs regarding cost savings, sustainability, productivity, and compliance metrics.

The sourcing process includes setting and implementing a rolling 18-month project plan with activities that covers the procurement levers.The position is based in either Malmö or Gothenburg, with approximately 30–40 travel days per year, primarily within Europe. You’ll be part of a flat organizational structure, reporting directly to the Indirect Sourcing Manager, who in turn reports to the CPO on our management team.

Your main responsibilities and tasks will include, but not be limited to:

Develop and implement a category strategy, set and implement a playbook for the category -including but not limited to the following levers:

  • Compete the business through sourcing projects
  • Develop competition
  • Reduce and optimize consumption
  • Optimize how we work with the category in our plants:
  • – Establish clear structure and process for ordering
  • – Define governance and pricing strategy
  • – Follow up on supplier performance
  • Drive all commercial activities within the category, including sustainability and HRDD initiatives
  • Lead and execute sourcing projects within the category
  • Manage KPIs related to cost savings, sustainability, productivity, and compliance
  • Handle supplier relationship and risk management

Your background and personal traits

  • At least 5 years of experience in strategic purchasing; consultant experience is also considered advantageous.
  • Strong project management and analytical skills, with a proven track record of driving improvement initiatives.
  • Strong business acumen and a strategic mindset with a technical interest.
  • Proven track record of successful change management projects.
  • University degree, preferably within Business, Economics and/or Engineering.
  • Fluent in Swedish and English, both spoken and written.
  • Service-oriented and autonomous with a strong drive for results.
  • Communicative team player who thrives on reaching ambitious targets.

Application

The last date to apply is 2025-05-10, but we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we review applications and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis. If you have any questions regarding the role or the position, please contact Martin Fridolf at EFFSO: Martin.Fridolf(at)EFFSO.se.

About Trioworld

Trioworld is an industrial group and one of Europe’s leading players in innovative, sustainable, and cost-efficient packaging solutions based on polyethylene film for consumer- and industrial packaging, transport and load security, agriculture, hygiene, and medical technology. The group have around 2 000 employees and a turnover of EUR 1,1 billion. It operates production facilities in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Canada and sells its products to a global market. The principal owner of Trioworld is Altor Funds.

The core values of the company are RESPONSIBLE – LEADING – TOGETHER, meaning in essence that “Trioworld takes on the responsibility to lead the plastic industry into circularity, together with you”. This enhanced mission is a guiding light to everything the company does and communicate around internally and externally. Please read more at www.trioworld.com.