Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world.
Global Category Manager – Specialty Paper
REMOTE - EUROPE
Mativ is seeking an experienced Global Category Manager – Specialty Paper to join our Global Team.
This is a strategic, high-visibility role responsible for leading global sourcing initiatives across key specialty paper categories, including Clay Coated Kraft, Poly-coated Paper, Glassine and SCK Papers.
You will play a critical role in driving cost optimisation, supply risk mitigation, and supplier performance across international markets.
The Role
Reporting into the Sourcing Director, you will:
- Develop and execute global category strategies aligned to business priorities
- Lead complex sourcing and negotiation activities to deliver measurable cost savings
- Conduct market, spend and risk analysis to optimise total cost of ownership
- Partner with senior stakeholders across functions and regions
- Manage supplier performance, contracts, SLAs and KPIs
- Drive continuous improvement and change initiatives across the supply base
- Deliver data-driven insights to support strategic decision-making
About You
- 7+ years’ experience in strategic sourcing or procurement
- Strong background in global specialty paper sourcing
- Demonstrable success in delivering cost savings and value creation
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders in a matrix organisation
- Strong analytical capability and commercial acumen
- Degree educated (MBA advantageous)
- Fluent English (Spanish beneficial)
- Experience with ERP systems (Infor LN or similar preferred)
You will be commercially driven, confident in negotiations, and comfortable operating in a global, fast-paced environment.
Why Join Mativ?
- Global exposure and strategic ownership
- Opportunity to shape category strategy at scale
- Collaborative, performance-led culture
- Strong focus on growth, efficiency and innovation
Equal Opportunities
EEO STATEMENT We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
WHAT WE OFFER
Mativ benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable.
ABOUT MATIV
Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company connects, protects, and purifies the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.