Procurement Category Manager

3 weeks ago


Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Nigel Wright Full time

**The Company**
Nigel Wright Supply Chain and Procurement Team are working with a dynamic, forward thinking and long established Newcastle based business to recruit a Procurement Category Manager
**Hybrid Working - Flexible Working - Bonus Package - Enhanced Pension**
**The Opportunity**
Working within a well established Procurement Team, taking full ownership for a broad variety of Indirect categories, including HR, FM and Travel.
- Strategic procurement of key categories
- Developing and delivering procurement strategy
- Contract negotiation and management
- Supplier performance management/development
- New sourcing/supplier onboarding
- Managing and contributing to broader project activity as required

**About You**
The successful Procurement Category Manager will be able to work 2 days per week in either Newcastle or London and will have/be:

- Comprehensive Indirect category management and end to end procurement/contract management experience essential
- Experienced Category Manager with gravitas, confident communication, influencing and negotiation skills - able to adapt your approach
- Excellent SRM and negotiation skills, proven track record in managing category strategy and track record of delivery to deadline
- Agility of Procurement approach, commercially minded - able to discern best procurement approach, contractual terms and durations dependent upon project, category and stakeholder -requirements - focused upon delivering best results and exceeding stakeholderexpectations
- Proven track record in Procurement best practice, structured thinker, process driven
- Tenacious, energetic and diligent, proactive, assertive self starter, accustomed to working at pace and to 'hitting the ground running'
- Inquisitive, detailed and analytical
- Good sense of humour, team player, engaging ‘people’ person

If you fulfil the above criteria and are able to start at short notice, please get in contact with an updated CV.



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