Category Manager

3 weeks ago


Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Grafton Recruitment Full time

**Position: Category Manager**

**Salary: £35,000 - £39,000**

**Hours: 37.5 per week**

**Type of employment: 12 month Fixed Term Contract**

**Location: Northampton - Hybrid working**

Grafton Recruitment is working with an established, market-leading client in their search for a **Category Manager**.

The Category Manager is responsible for managing complex categories, supporting the development of the procurement strategy and driving the category strategy through the procurement team.

To be considered for the role, you will have a previous management experience within a procurement function, contract management along with effective negotiation skills.

**List of responsibilities as a Category Manager**:

- Support Cost reduction throughout the team to support the business objectives and targets
- Manage Stakeholder relationships across both internal and external stakeholders, e.g. Inventory
- Responsible for managing complex categories, supporting the development of the procurement strategy and driving the category strategy through the procurement team.
- Leading a team, strong category management competency is deployed into the relevant categories, which can be demonstrated to customers & stakeholders. Through continuous evaluation, select and management of best value suppliers, for the team
- Development of the commercial model to drive growth in savings.
- Formulation and implementation of annual business strategy and tactics
- Management of the category product range
- Manage a team of professionals ensuring continuous development and taking responsibility for performance management of the team
- Foster a culture of learning and talent development to drive improvement, customer satisfaction and increased innovation
- Manage relationships with suppliers to maximise Savings and Commercial leverage
- Responsible for delivering savings in line with and that exceed the corresponding work plan that underpin the savings target
- Develop own knowledge and skills and provide information to others to help their development e.g. category or market area
- Develop detailed source plans for that category with our Contracting and Clinical colleagues
- Support our inventory colleagues with any supply related escalations
- Work with the contracting and clinical teams to develop and build procurement activities
- Managing resource
- Implementation of the category strategies
- Promoting internal engagement and communication across procurement, product design, customer service, supply chain and operations.
- Building confidence in the category by demonstrating benefits & effective change
- Communicating the Procurement objective in a positive manner to achieve committed savings
- Satisfaction survey
- OTIF KPI's achieved & reported Cost Based Reductions target achieved
- Training and Development Programme in place
- Robust Procurement MI data produced on regular basis
- SRM model implemented
- Strong category management background
- Essential: IT literate (especially Excel)
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail required
- Drive to achieve great results
- Commercial acumen
- Experience of garment/clothing procurement highly desirable
- Ability to manipulate data and extract relevant trends and information
- MCIPS desirable

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