Category Manager - Based Oldham
Basic s alary up to £50,000 depending on experience
Excellent Benefits: Such as flexible working, 32 days holidays, enhanced pension, healthcare schemes, dental scheme, free onsite gym, electric car scheme with onsite electric car charging points.
Due to expansion my client is seeking an experienced Category Manager with proven experience of identifying suppliers to introduce vendor development programs to improve efficiency and quality whilst reducing costs.
As a Category Manager, you will ideally be degree educated in either engineering, supply chain management or business economics or qualified by experience with proven supply chain management and negotiation skills with strong technical, and financial acumen.
As Category Manager, you will have in-depth knowledge of working with LEAN tools and KPI's to aid improved business efficiency, costs, and quality control initiatives.
Candidate
- You will have excellent communication skills written and spoken
- Proven experience of preparing and presenting detailed reports to highlight areas of the business where cost savings and improved reliability of supply would be achieved
- Persuasive and influential with an exceptionally high level of diligence.
- Able to manage multiple suppliers across a range of technologies.
- Able to prepare and present detailed reports to highlight areas of the business where cost savings and improved reliability of supply would be achieved
Duties
- Collaborate with finance and business leaders to pinpoint and implement cost-saving measures aimed at lowering the overall cost of ownership
- Provide guidance and support to internal stakeholders, including engineering, planning, purchasing, and sales teams to develop sourcing strategies.
- Analyse markets across multiple business lines to organise and improve the ITL sourcing processes.
- Perform regular reviews of suppliers and implementing projects to drive the business forward.
- Provision of purchasing analysis reports to have the ability to show spending amounts in different sectors and to highlight specific areas that require greater focus.
- Able to assess the essential skills, capabilities, and capacity of potential vendors, considering their competitive positioning.
- Use standard industry cost models and benchmarking analysis to ensure the selection of suitable suppliers aligns with our strategic sourcing strategy.