Category Manager

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

• Be responsible for multiple (sub-)categories, defining category strategies and implementing those in alignment with business strategy
• Manage portfolio of vendors and global ecosystem within the category
• Manage relationships to priority-vendors within the category throughout the whole life-cycle, incl. performance and KPIs management 
• Own RfXs and initiatives (e.g., savings, performance enhancement, …) within the category and performs negotiations for critical contracts and framework agreements 
• Support the Sales organization in joint sales engagements and foster Avaloq-know-how amongst selected Vendors

Qualifications

• >5 years experience in category and vendor relationship management for IT- or banking-services 
• Proven track record in managing complex contracting setups and achieving commercial objectives in negotiations 
• University degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a similar field
• Fluent in English and advanced German-skills, other languages would be an advantage

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.