Senior Category Manager

2 months ago


Peterborough, United Kingdom Smartsearch Recruitment Full time

**Senior Category Manager - Procurement, Salary £60-70k + car allowance, life insurance, benefits and career opportunities, Hybrid remote, Ideally located within a commutable distance of Peterborough with a requirement to attend office 2 days per weekand travel to other sites as required.**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Category Manager Procurement Manager to join an industry leading and global business who specialise in off-site / modular construction and accommodation hire. Applicants will need to have previous experience in a SeniorCategory Manager, Procurement Manager or Supply Chain role within construction, manufacturing, engineering or infrastructure.

**The role of Senior Category Manager**

The role is needed to deliver effective procurement solutions to new customer tenders, major project delivery teams and the business as a whole.
- Effectively manage, develop and mentor team in line with corporate processes and procedures.
- Ensure that all employees within the function have clear objectives which are effectively managed through performance reviews, development plans and other people processes in order to maximize performance and talent potential.
- Manage a group of commodities, developing strategies to support business objectives and contribute to growth and profit
- Ensure that all supply chain risks/opportunities are identified within the commodity strategy and mitigated/realised
- Ensure appropriate supplier contracts, KPIs and SLAs are negotiated with key suppliers
- Develop commodity specific tools/processes to enable competent strategy development
- Provide a responsive and pro-active knowledge base as leader of a cross-functions commodity team
- Assist with problem resolution during implementation and maintenance of commodity strategies
- Ensure that commodity activities are aligned to Supply Chain objectives, follow the correct procedures and utilise the appropriate tools/processes
- To be assigned projects, to support commodity activity and development of the Procurement function
- Help provide a seamless interface between the Commodity activities and the Material Management function, developing value added relationships with the Material Management team, cross-functional departments and suppliers.
- Assist sites with problem resolution on any supply chain related issues.
- Assume the role of change agent for all externally purchased materials or services.
- Experience in a Senior Category Manager, Procurement Manager or supply chain role.
- Leadership / Line Management experience
- Knowledge of developing and implementing tenders and supply chain solutions
- Capex Procurement would be advantageous
- Experience in a construction, manufacturing, engineering or infrastructure environment.
- Business or technical degree; with specialisation in procurement and supply chain management being desirable.

Equal opportunities and diversity: Our client are committed to building a diverse, equal and inclusive culture. They aim to establish and maintain a leadership team and colleague population that reflects our society. They invite all colleagues to bring theirwhole selves to work and strive for an environment which is fair, and in which all of their colleagues are able to do their best each day.


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