Category Manager - Packaging, South East South Asia

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Category Manager - Packaging, South East South Asia

Date : Oct 21, 2025

Location : Petaling Jaya, MY

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

• Leadership & Strategic Direction : Provide strategic direction and leadership to category sourcing in SESA
• Strategy Deployment : Define and deploy strategy for managing regional spend of the category, driving year-on-year value and benefits
• Stakeholder Collaboration : Work with key internal stakeholders including cross-business units, R&D, and other category leads
• Supplier Management : Own and drive strategic supplier management with all the regional vendors and own select / agreed global vendors
• Alignment with Corporate Goals : Steer category strategy and execution aligned with AkzoNobel’s corporate goals on sustainability.

Key Accountabilities

Requirements

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

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