Category Manager
2 weeks ago
Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Essex based client to recruit for a Public Sector Category Manager. As a Category Manager for this critical public sector service, you'll be shape and lead the strategic direction of key procurement categories, driving value, efficiency, and innovation across the organisation. You'll take full ownership of the sourcing lifecycle; from developing forward-thinking category strategies to executing commercial initiatives, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring seamless implementation. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you'll champion early Procurement involvement, unlock cost-saving opportunities, and build strong, collaborative partnerships with third-party suppliers. Ultimately, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering measurable savings, enhancing operational performance, and embedding best-in-class procurement practices that support the organisation's long-term success. Job Purpose: To develop and implement specific category strategies across major categories of spend. Develop, execute, implement, and deliver strategic sourcing and supplier management strategies and plans within these categories. Undertaking all associated commercial activity to achieve value creation and minimise total cost of ownership. To deliver the full sourcing life cycle, from strategy creation and execution (supplier qualification, assessment, selection, and contract award) through to implementation (supplier mobilisation and transition) and contract and supplier management. To develop working relationships across the organisation that allow the early involvement of Procurement in any external third party spend for the relevant categories, identification of procurement and organisation initiatives and development of collaborative working between the business and external third-party supply chains to drive cost reduction and supplier relationships that achieve ongoing value creation. To achieve annual savings targets as agreed with the CFO and relevant organisation stakeholders. Support the delivery of innovation and cost reduction to the organisation through commercial best practice, contract assurance, supplier relationship management strategies, volume leverage, total cost management, demand challenge, process efficiency/compliance and external benchmarking of best practice. Skills and experience: To excel at this role as Category Manager, you'll need hands-on experience in public sector procurement - including tendering, strategic sourcing, and supplier management. You will know how to drive savings, implement change, and achieve real results. Your ability to work across teams and manage external partners ensures you can deliver value quickly and effectively. Proven experience of developing and maintaining effective relationships internally with other organisation areas and externally with suppliers. Understanding of category management and evidence of category specific achievements Experience of successful delivery of category management/projects and realising benefits including financial savings. Understanding of application of leading category management practices including strategic sourcing, strategic purchasing tools, contract management and supplier management within a public sector procurement environment Must have experience of public sector tendering and implementing new commercial relationships across functional and organisation boundaries, and a quantifiable track record of savings delivery and awareness of change implementation.
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IT Category Manager
2 weeks ago
Essex, United Kingdom Pod Talent Full timeIT Category Manager: - Essex/Hybrid - £45,000-£52,000 - Greenfield Procurement Function Pod Talent are excited to be working with a local authority in Essex which is going through a significant procurement transformation and now is looking for an experienced IT Category Manager to join their team. You will join a newly established procurementteam and will...
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Category Manager
3 weeks ago
essex, United Kingdom The Portfolio Group Full timePortfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Essex based client to recruit for a Public Sector Category Manager. As a Category Manager for this critical public sector service, you'll be shape and lead the strategic direction of key procurement categories, driving value, efficiency, and innovation across the organisation. You’ll take full ownership...
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Category Manager
2 weeks ago
Essex, United Kingdom The Portfolio Group Full timePortfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Essex based client to recruit for a Public Sector Category Manager. As a Category Manager for this critical public sector service, you'll be shape and lead the strategic direction of key procurement categories, driving value, efficiency, and innovation across the organisation. You’ll take full ownership...
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Category Manager
3 weeks ago
Essex, United Kingdom The Portfolio Group Full timePortfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Essex based client to recruit for a Public Sector Category Manager.As a Category Manager for this critical public sector service, you'll be shape and lead the strategic direction of key procurement categories, driving value, efficiency, and innovation across the organisation. You’ll take full ownership...
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Category Manager
2 weeks ago
Essex, United Kingdom The Portfolio Group Full timePortfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Essex based client to recruit for a Public Sector Category Manager.As a Category Manager for this critical public sector service, you'll be shape and lead the strategic direction of key procurement categories, driving value, efficiency, and innovation across the organisation. You’ll take full ownership...
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Category Manager
4 days ago
Essex, United Kingdom The Portfolio Group Full timePortfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Essex based client to recruit for a Public Sector Category Manager.As a Category Manager for this critical public sector service, you'll be shape and lead the strategic direction of key procurement categories, driving value, efficiency, and innovation across the organisation. You’ll take full ownership...
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Category Manager
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Essex, United Kingdom Cedar Recruitment Full timeCedar are supporting a Public Sector client based in Essex who are looking to hire a Category Manager for their Operations and Fleet requirements. This is a permanent job opportunity offering a salary ranged from £50,000 up to £53,400 per annum plus a range of Public Sector Benefits. This role will operate on a hybrid working basis with the expectation to...
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Fm and Property Category Manager
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Procurement/category Manager
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Jnr Category Manager
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Essex, United Kingdom Barclay Meade Full timeMy clients who are a leading global business are currently recruiting for a Jnr Category Manager / Lead Buyer - IT/Software/Digital Tech based in Essex (largely WFH, on-site once every 4-6 weeks depending on business requirements) to join on a permanentbasis. Joining a global business, this role will join an established procurement division overseeing...
