Category Manager

3 weeks ago


Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Ascendant Recruitment Full time

**Category Manager**

**Hybrid Working/Milton Keynes**

**Permanent role - salary £31,000 - £39,000 (DOE)**

**Excellent Benefits and flexible hours**

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work in the category team within the public sector. You will deliver strategic sourcing planning, demand management, tendering, and negotiation across a range of categories

Key Duties will include:

- Create and implement Sourcing Plans that meet business requirements
- Procurement lead on lower risk, lower value or less complex tenders; undertake all aspects of tendering process from specification of requirements, pre-qualification invitation to tender, evaluation methodology and contract management planning
- Analyse data across a range of goods and services
- Contribute to the development, maintenance and effective delivering of category strategies to support the business
- Provide specialist procurement advice
- Review tenders and related documentation produced by self and team to ensure compliance with UK regulations.

Essential requirements
- Recent experience of working in a procurement environment and substantial experience in tendering of supplies and services
- Working knowledge of procurement policies, standards, processes and practices
- Relevant data analysis and decision-making
- Knowledge of UK procurement regulations and corporate governance
- Adaptable communication and influencing skills


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