Regional Procurement Category Manager – Ecommerce
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Procurement Manager for European E-Commerce enhancing last mile carrier solutions across Europe. Leading sourcing, negotiations, and partnerships to optimize delivery services and costs.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute procurement strategies for European e-commerce last mile and parcel delivery services
- Lead sourcing initiatives, tenders, RFQs and commercial negotiations with parcel carriers, postal operators and selected delivery partners
- Build scalable commercial frameworks that support growth, cost competitiveness and service reliability across European markets
- Negotiate rates, commercial terms, capacity commitments and service conditions aligned with business and customer needs
- Work closely with Product, Operations, Network, Commercial, Finance and Carrier Management teams to understand business priorities and market requirements
- Translating business and product needs into procurement opportunities and stronger supplier propositions
- Use operational, service and performance insights to strengthen supplier discussions and improve commercial outcomes
- Identify opportunities to improve delivery cost, service competitiveness and scalability across European markets
- Support volume consolidation opportunities across countries, customers and lanes to strengthen Maersk’s position with delivery partners
- Assess supplier proposals based on price, coverage, service quality, scalability, operational fit and customer value
- Build strong knowledge of the European parcel, last mile and out-of-home delivery landscape
- Benchmark rates, service models, carrier capabilities and market trends across key European countries
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 5+ years’ experience in procurement, logistics, parcel, carrier sourcing, e-commerce logistics or transport procurement
- Strong understanding of European last mile, parcel delivery, postal networks or e-commerce logistics
- Proven experience in strategic sourcing, RFQs, carrier negotiations and supplier contract management in a multi-country, matrix environment
- Strong commercial and analytical mindset, with the ability to link procurement to revenue, GP, customer proposition and product competitiveness
- Ability to analyze rates, volumes, cost drivers and service models, and support decisions with data-driven insights
- Skilled in balancing cost, service, scalability, operational feasibility and customer promise
- Strong stakeholder management skills across Procurement, Product, Operations, Carrier Management, Network, Sales and Finance, with a structured, proactive and pragmatic approach
- Fluent in English (additional European languages are a plus) with strong proficiency in MS Office and experience with procurement/BI/TMS or e-commerce platforms.
Benefits:
- Diverse and inclusive workplace
- Strong stakeholder exposure
- Opportunity to influence e-commerce delivery solutions



















