The Organisation
Nigel Wright's Supply Chain and Procurement Team are working with a dynamic service sector organisation seeking to employ a Procurement Category Manager.
The Client will support a hybrid working week and offers flexible working. Part time hours may also be considered.
The Role
The Procurement Category Manager will manage specific categories:
- Developing and implementing Category strategies - focusing upon best value and customer service/-experience
- Leading key procurement and tender activity, managing sourcing strategy for your categories
- Acting as a central point of contact - building relationships internally with key internal stakeholders
- Supplier relationship-/performance and contract management, monitoring compliance
- Market and spend analysis of a specific category portfolio
- Focusing upon Procurement best practice and opportunities to drive continuous improvements
About You
The ideal Procurement Category Manager will have/be:
- Ideally a Procurement professional with public/utilities sector regulated procurement experience - awareness of regulated procurement essential
- Category Management experience within repairs and maintenance, construction or facilities management desirable
- Strategic indirect procurement experience essential
- Commercially focussed, experienced in end to end tender process (including spec-writing), strengths in supplier relationship management, negotiation and contract management essential
- Proactive and assertive with a positive can-do attitude
- Customer-focused with excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, influencing and relationship building skills
- Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, able to manage multiple projects and to hit the ground running
- Diligent and analytical with a keen eye for detail
- Willing to travel to office location x1 per month