The Company
Delighted to be working with an international, leading organisation in their search for a Procurement Category Manager.
Our Client will support a mix of 2-3 days remote working, 2 days per week office based - Yorkshire or Sunderland
The Role
Reporting into a Head of Department and working within a close-knit team, the Procurement Category Manager will:
- Have multi-site UK wide Procurement responsibility for FM, HR, Utilities (alongside the Head of Department)
- Support and deputise for the Department Head, as required
- Conduct market analysis, new supplier sourcing, contract negotiations
- Complete end to end tender management
- Manage supplier performance/contract performance and manage variations
- Perform data analysis - producing monthly management information packs, powerpoint presentations and report dashboards
About You
The successful Procurement Category Manager will have/be:
- Public Sector or Utilities Sector regulated procurement experience OR the Client will consider candidates from other sectors including Manufacturing provided that you have a variety of indirect strategic procurement experience
- Strategic indirect procurement experience essential
- Strengths in data analytics – advanced Excel skills, with the ability to perform pivot tables and to produce dashboards/MI reports essential
- Proficient with MS Office and Sharepoint
- Experience of NEC contracts/contract management beneficial
- Excellent communication skills - confident in engaging, communicating and building relationships cross functionally with stakeholders of all levels – able to challenge/advise internal stakeholders as to procurement best practice/support streams
- Proactive, positive can-do attitude, comfortable with end-to-end tender management and contract management
- Assertive, proactive, eager to learn and able to hit the ground running
- Willing to travel UK wide as required