Senior Category Manager

3 weeks ago

Co West Midlands, United Kingdom Elevation Recruitment Group Full time €65,000

Job Description

What is on Offer?

  • Salary up to £65,000
  • Free Travel
  • Flexible/Hybrid working (2 days in their Birmingham office per week)
  • CIPS Investment
  • Pension Scheme
  • 25 days holiday + 8 stats days per year
  • Bonus scheme

Are you looking to advance your career? Elevation Recruitment Group are excited to be working with a leading transport organisation. This organisation is seeking a skilled Senior Category Manager to support the indirect category, including Fleet, Facilities Management, Professional Services and other business support functions.

As a Senior Category Manager, you will develop, assess and manage commercial strategies for spend as well as providing professional insights/advice on procurement matters to key strategic stakeholders to ensure that budgets are spent in accordance with Financial Regulations, and strategy.

You will have the opportunity to lead commercially on a wide variety of projects in a variety of policy areas. This will include leading and heavily working on certain initiatives and ad hoc commercial projects when needed.

What it will involve?

  • Develop and manage procurement category strategies for a portfolio of categories to achieve the given objectives.
  • Provide professional advice on technical procurement to key stakeholders across the business.
  • Develop and deliver procurement savings plans for specific categories in collaboration with the customers.
  • Lead and manage complex and strategic procurement projects to ensure their effective delivery in line with customer requirements.
  • Use your own initiative and commercial acumen to address complex, high value and risk contract spend.
  • Regularly review and manage contracts for key business contracts managed outside of the central procurement organisation.
  • Develop and lead strategic partnerships with key suppliers to share risks and benefit
  • Responsible for delivering specific category management elements of the organisations procurement vision and Business Plan.
  • Directly manage the performance and development of direct reports.

What they are looking for:

  • Strong Procurement and Commercial experience.
  • Proven category spend management and delivery.
  • Excellent communicational skills.
  • Proven success in cost saving with Indirect spend.
  • Demonstrable experience in managing procurement processes and contracts, including developing and implementing procurement strategies, evaluating bids and negotiating contracts.
  • Public or Private Sector Procurement, Contracts or Commercial experience, Central Head office operations such as FMCG. Any related sector experience is considered.

Desirable:

  • Relevant degree in Business Administration, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
  • Relevant professional procurement qualification, such as MCIPS or equivalent.
  • Knowledge of public procurement regulations, policies and procedures.

If you feel as though you hit the criteria above, then please apply or feel free to reach out to Harry at Elevation Recruitment Group for more details.

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