Senior Procurement Category Manager – Promo Material and Merchandise

“Don’t be a split end—join our team and let's make magic happen!” “We're all about curling up with success. Come join our creative crew!” “Life isn’t perfect, but your hair can be! Join us and let’s create beautiful hair together.” “Brush off the competition and style your career with us!” Now that we've had some pun, Let’s discuss what makes this opportunity a great fit for you. About KEVIN.MURPHY Group: THE CHOICES WE MAKE reflects KEVIN.MURPHY Group’s ongoing commitment to driving positive change for both people and the planet. We are dedicated to creating a future where product quality, performance, and cutting-edge innovation in professional haircare elevate lives and help regenerate the planet. KEVIN.MURPHY Group produces high-end salon products recognised for their advanced formulation and environmental responsibility. With a presence in over 65 countries and a global team of more than 300 passionate professionals, our brands include KEVIN.MURPHY, KEVIN.MURPHY Canada East, KEVIN.MURPHY France, KEVIN.MURPHY Germany, KEVIN.MURPHY Mid Atlantic, and Showpony. Position Overview: The Global Senior Procurement Category Manager – Promo Material and Merchandise is a full-time, permanent role based at our Copenhagen HQ, reporting to the Global Procurement Lead. As the day-to-day Category lead, the role owns sourcing and supplier management for merchandise, promotional items, secondary packaging, retail displays, point-of-sale materials, showcards, brochures, leaflets, haircare tools, salon accessories and other marketing and education materials. Working closely with Supply Chain, Marketing, Regulatory, ESG and Finance, the role ensures our brands are supported by the right suppliers at the right cost, quality and sustainability standard, while driving savings, efficiency and innovation across a global supply base. The role is Copenhagen-based with flexible working arrangements in line with company policy, and English is the primary working language, Danish is not a must. Top 5 Priorities for this role:

• Category leadership – Take day-to-day ownership of the promo material and merchandise category, from secondary packaging and retail displays to point-of-sale, printed materials, haircare tools and salon accessories.
• Supplier base development – Identify, evaluate and onboard new suppliers while strengthening strategic relationships with existing partners.
• Commercial negotiation – Lead supplier negotiations covering pricing, contracts, lead times, service levels and commercial terms.
• Launch and campaign delivery – Support new product launches, campaigns and ongoing portfolio needs through disciplined sourcing and cross-functional project management.
• Value creation – Drive cost savings, process improvements, sourcing efficiencies and supplier consolidation where relevant.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the day-to-day Category lead for merchandise, promotional items, secondary packaging, retail displays, point-of-sale materials, showcards, brochures, leaflets, haircare tools, salon accessories and other marketing or education materials.
• Identify, evaluate and onboard new suppliers while maintaining strategic relationships with existing partners, in close collaboration with Supply Chain, Marketing, Regulatory, ESG, Finance and other relevant stakeholders.
• Lead supplier negotiations covering pricing, contracts, lead times, service levels and commercial terms.
• Monitor supplier performance across cost, quality, OTIF, lead time, responsiveness, flexibility, innovation, sustainability and documentation completeness.
• Support new product launches, campaigns and ongoing portfolio needs through disciplined sourcing and cross-functional project management.
• Drive opportunities for cost savings, process improvements, sourcing efficiencies and supplier consolidation where relevant.

Ideal Skills Competencies & Experience: Skills

• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills across pricing, contracts and commercial terms
• Data-driven decision making, with confidence using digital procurement tools – ideally Microsoft Dynamics and the Microsoft 365 environment
• Fluent written and spoken English (full professional proficiency); Danish is not essential

Competencies

• A structured way of working and the ability to operate independently from day one
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management across Supply Chain, Marketing, Regulatory, ESG and Finance
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, lean business environment

Experience

• Essential: minimum 5–6 years of procurement or category management experience with meaningful responsibility for merchandise, textiles, haircare tools, printed material and packaging, or adjacent direct-material categories
• Essential: experience with European and global packaging sustainability and compliance expectations
• Strongly preferred: sector experience in FMCG, beauty, consumer goods or retail
• Highly desirable: familiarity with global supply chains and exposure to S&OP processes

Benefits That Support You and Your Growth:

• Enjoy physical activities like boxing, yoga, winter swimming, and even the chance to join the local sauna club.
• Frequent office events and gatherings to connect with your team.
• Favorable benefits like Company-paid pension and private health insurance.
• Supplied yummy lunches, snacks, and office breakfasts - because we believe in fueling our team well
• Generous product perks to keep you glowing and feeling your best.

If you’ve made it this far, it means you either enjoy the way we write our job ads—or you’re genuinely curious. Either way, why not take the next step? Hair-y on over and apply! We review applications on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to send yours in sooner rather than later as we’re eager to fill this position as quickly as possible. Rest assured, all applications will be handled with complete confidentiality. We can’t wait to hear from you!