Senior Category Manager - Facility Management

APM Terminals

At APM Terminals, a global leader in port and terminal operations, we enable global trade and drive sustainable growth. What drives us forward is a mindset of always improving — observing how work happens, identifying what creates value, and removing what gets in the way. We constantly look for smarter, simpler, and safer ways of operating. If you thrive in environments where people value learning and are committed to continuously improve daily operations, join us and be a part of our journey.

Senior Category Manager – Facility Management

This role can be based the Hauge, Netherlands or Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Facility Management touches the daily experience of every colleague and every terminal. As Senior Category Manager – Facility Management, you will lead the global Soft and Hard FM category strategy for APM Terminals, shaping safe, compliant, reliable and cost-effective services across our international terminal portfolio.

This is a highly visible global procurement role where your sourcing decisions will directly influence colleague safety, wellbeing and engagement, while supporting operational reliability and disciplined cost leadership. From canteen and catering services to cleaning programmes, maintenance support and facility management contracts, you will play a key role in creating workplaces that enable people and operations to perform at their best.

Why this role matters: your sourcing decisions will directly influence the safety, wellbeing, and engagement of colleagues at terminals around the world - from the quality of canteen and cleaning services to the reliability of critical building and maintenance support.

What We Can Offer

At APM Terminals, we foster a dynamic learning and training culture that empowers our employees to excel. Our commitment to improvement means every team member has the opportunity to develop their skills and advance their careers by continuously refining how we work. Experience a diverse, multinational workplace where your operational insights directly influence how we work.

• Lead and shape a global procurement category with significant impact on employee experience, safety and operational performance.

• Partner with terminal leaders, technical teams and procurement professionals across a diverse international network.

• Influence long-term category strategies, sourcing approaches and supplier performance programmes on a global scale.

• Develop your expertise through cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder engagement and complex strategic sourcing initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and develop the global category strategy for Hard and Soft Facility Management services, including short, medium and long-term roadmaps.

• Define service standards, scopes and service levels aligned to terminal requirements, risk profiles and employee impact.

• Design sourcing strategies and contracts that strengthen health, safety, environmental and compliance performance, including third-party labour standards.

• Lead major sourcing projects, RFQs, RFPs, negotiations and supplier selection processes across global and regional initiatives.

• Establish and manage supplier relationship management frameworks, including KPIs, SLAs, performance reviews and continuous improvement plans.

• Drive reliability and lifecycle value through preventive maintenance strategies, asset management alignment and long-term cost optimisation.

• Embed sustainability considerations including energy efficiency, waste reduction and ESG reporting requirements into supplier strategies and contracts.

What We Are Looking For

• Continuous improvement mindset: we are looking for someone who brings a thoughtful improvement mindset—curious about how work gets done and motivated to make meaningful, sustainable improvements over time.

• Leadership expectation: We are looking for people who consistently put customers first, lead by example with respect for people, deliver results with integrity, and drive continuous improvement by solving problems at the root, developing people, and raising standards every day.

• Significant procurement and category management experience in facilities management sourcing, contract management and solution design.

• Strong knowledge of Hard FM and Soft FM services, including maintenance, cleaning, canteen, catering and site support solutions.

• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and guide decision-making in complex, decentralised and globally distributed environments.

• Experience leading supplier negotiations, developing commercial models and implementing performance-based contractual frameworks.

• Strong change management, stakeholder engagement and project leadership capabilities with an ownership mindset and focus on measurable outcomes.

• Commitment to balancing safety, service quality, compliance, employee experience and value creation in sourcing decisions.

• Willingness and ability to travel globally up to 20% of the time to engage with terminal teams and support sourcing and solution development activities.

This is a unique opportunity to shape one of APM Terminals’ most people-facing procurement categories, combining commercial leadership with a practical focus on safer workplaces, stronger supplier performance, improved employee experience and sustainable operational outcomes.

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