Senior Category Manager

4 weeks ago


England, United Kingdom ARM Full time

Senior Category Manager
Portsmouth(Hybrid)
3 Month Contract
700 per day (Umbrella)

ARM are delighted to be supporting one of our clients in Portsmouth with the recruitment of a Commercial Finance Manager on an initial 3 Month basis.

The Senior Category Manager is responsible for commercial leadership of a wide portfolio of supply categories, across Marketing, Operations, Product, HR, Finance and Facilities.

The Role:

Negotiate exceptional supply contracts, to maximise value.
Business Partnering with Functional Leaders and Contract Owners, to create value through optimised supply contracts, plus develop Category Supplier Strategies and vendor roadmaps.
Oversee Vendor Management, supporting Contract Owners and driving Quarterly Business Reviews with Tier 1 vendors.
Strong category expertise across Marketing, HR, Facilities, Finance, Operations and Product, with knowledge of suppliers in this space.
Deliver discrete elements of Procurement Transformation, with a relentless drive for process simplification, and digitisation.
Deliver a monthly Win Sheet of completed commercial contracts.
Drive contract completion, taking a proportionate approach to managing risk and liaising with Legal, DP, Infosec and Finance to assure strong contracts.

Requirements:
Extensive Category Management experience.
Background in Marketing Procurement.
CIPS qualified.
Experience of Procurement transformation and developing new target operation models.
Extensive contract negotiation skills.

This vacancy is being advertised by Advanced Resource Managers. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions.

Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.

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