Senior Category Manager

Are you driven by creating strategic impact, optimizing categories, and shaping long‑term partnerships?

Do you thrive in a role where insight, influence, and innovation come together?

If yes — then this is your opportunity to join us and take a central role in elevating our procurement performance.

What we offer
As our new Senior Category Manager, you will be responsible for building and executing category strategies that strengthen our competitiveness and support our ambitious business goals.

You will work closely with stakeholders across the organization and ensure that our supplier landscape is resilient, sustainable, and ready for the future.

This is a role for someone who enjoys both the analytical deep‑dives and the strategic decision-making — and who knows how to turn insights into real business value.

You will own and develop selected categories end‑to‑end. In practice, this means you will:

• Develop, implement, and maintain strategic category plans
• Analyze markets, trends, and cost drivers to identify long‑term opportunities
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Lead and execute strategic sourcing projects
• Drive value creation through TCO optimization, risk management, sustainability, and innovation
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable category strategies

You will based at the LKR Innovation House in Østbirk (Denmark) and some travel can be expected.

What you will bring

The ideal candidate will have solid experience within category management, strategic sourcing, or procurement in a complex stakeholder landscape.

You will thrive here if you are structured, proactive, and comfortable influencing decisions at different levels of the organization.

Ideally, you bring:

• Experience with the category plastic and chemicals
• Strong analytical abilities and a commercial mindset within category management, strategic sourcing, or procurement
• The confidence to challenge status quo and propose new ways forward
• Solid stakeholder skills — you know how to collaborate, navigate, and communicate
• A commitment to delivering value beyond cost: sustainability, innovation, and resilience

Ready to apply? 

Learn more about the VELUX Group online at www.velux.com where you can read more about working at our company and what to expect of our recruitment process. 

We look forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible. We are conducting interviews on an ongoing basis until we have the right match. 

All inquiries will be treated confidentially. 

About VELUX 

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the roof window category, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we can create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations. With 20 production companies in 12 countries and sales companies in 37 countries, our products are widely available. We employ around 12,000 people, and our company is headquartered in Denmark. Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

At VELUX Residential, we believe in fostering a diverse workplace for everyone to thrive, develop, and perform at their best, and where you feel welcome, respected, and valued. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all - whether you are applying for a role or already a part of VELUX Residential. That means we recruit, hire, train, and promote people based on their skills and potential without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, neurodiversity, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.  

We value diversity and strive to ensure that our employment decisions are fair and inclusive, focusing only on what truly matters: your qualifications and how you can contribute to our shared mission and success.