Global Category Leader

6 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Mobico Group Full time

The role will be **hybrid **working two to three days onsite at our headquarters in **Birmingham** with occasional international travel.

**What you'll do...**
- Conduct global category spend analysis to confirm opportunities.
- Provide formal project progress on a weekly basis highlighting any significant risks or opportunities.
- Lead global category management activities and initiatives to meet target metrics and desired outcomes
- Identify and communicate key supplier risk areas and support business plans to mitigate identified supplier risks
- Drive preferred supplier opportunities and consolidate supply base where appropriate
- Develop and maintain relationships with regional leadership and stakeholders
- Drive improvement initiatives in collaboration with stakeholders and other cross functional teams
- Regularly engage in stakeholder planning discussions to ensure alignment between departments, company, and indirect procurement goals
- Create and maintain spend management strategy for the overall spend category as well as subcategories
- Develop annual project pipelines and engage in stakeholder project planning discussions to understand required support from Indirect Procurement
- Lead the delivery of the global category plan ensuring it is executed in accordance with agreed sourcing plan methodology.
- Delivery of formal supply contracts in coordination with the legal team ensuring a register of all supplier agreements are in place
- Participate as member of the global purchasing team leading the business stakeholders to build strong supply chain relationships.

**What you'll need...**
- At least 7-10 years’ experience of managing and delivering a Fleet or Utility (Energy/Fuel) category.
- Experience of completing projects independently would be advantageous.
- Studying or qualified on a professional qualification e.g. CIPS
- Experience of driving significant P&L cost savings
- Major corporate and ideally international experience
- A strong understanding of finance would be beneficial.

**What we offer in return for your hard work and commitment...**
- Car allowance
- Bonus
- Free Bus & Coach travel for yourself
- Complimentary coach travel for a Nominated Person or complimentary bus travel for a Spouse or Partner
- 50% discount for friends and family on full fares on our coach services
- Company pension
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance programme
- Private online GP service

**Things to Note...**:
At National Express, we are really proud of our health and safety record and as a result, we operate a Drugs and Alcohol Policy which is applicable to all employees.



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