Procurement Category Manager (Workplace and Marketing)

Mistral
Paris
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Procurement & SourcingExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Negotiation","Project management","Communication","Stakeholder management","Adaptability"]

Own and drive cost savings across Mistral’s indirect spend, focusing on Workplace and Marketing categories. Lead global negotiations, build and manage supplier panels, and rationalize tool usage and contract portfolios through renewals and renegotiations. Run end-to-end procurement projects from RFP through contractualization, while collaborating with internal stakeholders and advancing procurement digitization through P2P tool adoption.

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Mistral
Mistral
4 days ago

Procurement Category Manager (Workplace and Marketing)

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Job Summary

Own and drive cost savings across Mistral’s indirect spend, focusing on Workplace and Marketing categories. Lead global negotiations, build and manage supplier panels, and rationalize tool usage and contract portfolios through renewals and renegotiations. Run end-to-end procurement projects from RFP through contractualization, while collaborating with internal stakeholders and advancing procurement digitization through P2P tool adoption.
Location: Paris
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead global negotiations on indirect spend to drive measurable cost savings.
  • •Define and execute procurement strategies for Workplace and Marketing categories.
  • •Identify and manage existing contracts, tools, and needs, including renewals and renegotiations.
  • •Build and manage supplier panels to reduce fragmentation and improve governance.
  • •Lead procurement projects end-to-end, from RFP to contractualization, including P2P tool adoption.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceParental LeaveRetirementRelocationWellness StipendMeal AllowanceCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •At least 5 years of experience as a Buyer/Category Manager, ideally in Workplace, Marketing, or professional services categories.
  • •Proven ability to negotiate with large providers in competitive or tense markets.
  • •Strong project management skills to handle multiple initiatives and align stakeholders.
  • •Assertiveness and communication skills to push back constructively and build trusted relationships.
  • •Adaptability to thrive in dynamic, evolving environments.
Experience:5+ years
Skills:NegotiationProject managementCommunicationStakeholder managementAdaptability

Company Brief

Mistral
Develops state-of-the-art large language models and AI systems, offering models and developer tools for natural language understanding, generation, and enterprise AI integrations. Focuses on open research and production-ready model deployments.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Seed
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2023
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