Senior Category Manager - Marketing, Facility, R&D & Group Services

Play a key role in advancing our strategic growth within Indirect Procurement while helping to optimize and streamline the supplier landscape at Demant HQ.

Are you driven by the opportunity to shape strong strategies and deliver meaningful business impact? Do you want to join an international organization built on collaboration, professionalism, and continual improvement?

Drive category strategies that advance Demant’s Group priorities
Demant Indirect Procurement is growing, and as part of our ambition to streamline our supplier landscape, strengthen governance, and enhance value creation across HQ, we are expanding our team. We are now looking for a dedicated Senior Category Manager to lead four key HQ categories: Marketing, Facility Management, R&D & Group Services.

In this role, you will be responsible for shaping and executing impactful category strategies within areas that directly influence Demant’s business performance, innovation capacity, and overall employee experience. Your strategic insight and collaboration skills will help drive long‑term improvements and bring consistency across our global organization.

Some of your tasks will include:

• Drive the category strategy roadmap across all four areas.
• Support HQ-wide efforts to streamline, consolidate, and optimize our supplier landscape.
• Ensure transparency, compliance, and strategic alignment across HQ stakeholders.
• Conduct category analyses, market screenings, e-sourcing activities, and competitive tenders.
• Lead negotiations and support commercial decision-making.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across Marketing, Facility Operations, R&D & Group Services leadership.
• Identify opportunities for standardization and improved supplier performance.

As part of this strategic expansion, we are bringing several new colleagues into Indirect Procurement. You can learn more about our other open positions on the Demant career page.

Welcome to Team Indirect Procurement
You’ll be joining a team of soon 15 colleagues based in Denmark, Poland and US. What characterizes us as a team is our knowledge-sharing, professional sparring, and our support to each other. We are a part of Global Procurement in Global Supply Chain with colleagues based around the world.

“By joining our Global Indirect Procurement team, you will become part of a culture that truly prioritizes development and offers a clear path for career progression,” says your new manager, Jens Bødker Knudsen, Director of Indirect Procurement. He adds, “At Demant, there are many opportunities to explore your interests - whether you see yourself growing as a specialist, moving into project management, or pursuing a leadership role.”

This position is based in Smørum just outside Copenhagen.

Experienced Category Manager
We imagine that you have a commercial or technical university degree. If you have gained your knowledge and experience in a different way, that is equally relevant.

You have already gathered some years of experience in procurement and category management, but you are still eager to grow and expand your expertise.

In your career, you have gained significant experience with Marketing, Facility, R&D, or professional services.

We are also looking for:

• sharp analytical thinking and a proactive drive for improvement.
• skills at engaging and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels.

Come join us
Please submit your application and CV as soon as possible and no later than 1 March. We review and interview candidates on an ongoing basis. Please note that we only accept applications via our online application system.

If you would like to hear more about the position, please contact: Jens Bødker Knudsen, Director of Indirect Procurement on jekd@demant.com

At Demant we value diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of ethnic background, personality, age, gender, and education. Diversity is part of our cultural DNA. Women in STEM areas are particularly encouraged to apply, as Demant supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality.