Global Category Specialist

5 days ago


Cannock, United Kingdom Reed Business Support Full time

Reed is excited to recruit for our well-established client for a Global Category Specialist who will support the Global Category Management team in developing global category management activities, sourcing initiatives, and value analysis across the business.

**Benefits include**:

- Salary £49-59,000 per annum
- Management bonus paid annually
- 25 days plus bank holidays with opportunities to buy extended holiday
- Pension scheme
- Death in service
- Hybrid working role

**Responsibilities include**:

- Developing and maintaining relationships with Global suppliers
- Executes the global category management strategy that supports the company’s strategy and Global Supply Chain strategy.
- Provides input and recommendations to the business including processes, systems, and analysis of overall global spending to identify new opportunities for savings and efficiencies
- Develops, grows, and maintains trusted relationships with regional business partners, contracting team partners, internal stakeholders, and suppliers.
- Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with strategic, global, and critical suppliers to improve supplier performance
- Develop, implement, and drive opportunities to increase utilisation of global suppliers through identification, communications, strategic sourcing, and progress reporting.
- Understand regional procurement procedures, workflows and processes and determine opportunities for improvement and standardization across the organization. In addition, understand and ensure compliance with all applicable regional procurement laws and regulationsincluding tax considerations

**Specific skills**:

- Proven ability to lead and execute strategic business initiatives and strategic planning
- Proven negotiations and contract management skills
- Expertise in strategic sourcing processes (RFx)
- Comfortable preparing and presenting recommendations to senior level leaders
- Ability to identify, quantify and effectively mitigate procurement risks
- Ability to deploy strategies, ensuring the execution of actionable tasks. Ability to assimilate information, evaluate facts, determine alternative solutions to problems, and to reach and communicate sound management and business decisions.
- Ability to collaborate and work cross regionally and cross functionally to build trusted relationships with Procurement, technical experts and suppliers
- Proven project management, planning and organizational skills Analytical skills with the ability to support others to understand market dynamics and business partner needs
- Presentation, verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to adapt to changing requirements and provide necessary support Knowledge: Good understanding and willingness to develop their knowledge of socio-political economics, taxation, accounting principles, the concept of total cost of ownership, strategicsourcing, cost management and process improvement
- Good understanding of end-to end supply chain management including inventory management and procurement operations

If you have the relevant skills and experience, please get in touch with Amber Holmes or Michelle Green in the Wolverhampton office to discuss your potential next role


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