Category Lead

1 month ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Public Sector Resourcing Full time

**Category Lead - **Inside IR35**

**Contract Term: 6 months (until end of June 2023)**

**Contracting Authority: National Highways (formerly known as Highways England)**

**Location: remote with twice monthly visits to Birmingham**

**As Category Lead**your main responsibilities would be**:

- Contribute to the management, identification, securing and leading of people from a range of disciplines to enable effective delivery of IT Commercial support to IT Commercial Procurement. Contribute to the development, review, negotiation, execution of contracts and the commercial management of related suppliers.
- Contribute towards supplier cost savings targets, and initiatives delivered that increase efficiency whilst maintaining performance and risk management.
- Provide commercial support and guidance to a range of stakeholders, ensuring "best outcome" commercial solutions are delivered in line with National Highways objectives, Commercial/Procurement and Category strategies.
- Deliver expert advice and guidance on procurement and commercial ensuring the enactment of sound governance and practice, acting as the conduit for the passage of knowledge and best practice to and from CPD.
- Monitor, implement and report on compliance with contractual processes and project performance elevating issues where appropriate. Contributing to the building of a culture of continuous improvement.
- Deal with complex contract and procurement documents and be able to provide guidance to others on their meaning and use.
- To ensure that all procurement professionals wherever they work understand and work within agreed contract and financial delegations and manage governance and risk effectively to ensure quality assurance and overall integrity of the procurement process.
- To build excellent collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support delivery of the National Highways imperatives, Safety, Customer Service and implementation of the Category Management approach.
- To make a full contribution to the leadership and management of the IT Commercial Division and wider Commercial & Procurement Directorate.

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**You’ll have relevant experience in**:

- Experience in delivering procurement and commercial services in a large technology focussed environment
- Corporate leadership experience and experience of developing high performing teams and motivating people
- Manage contract variations, providing practical advice and strategic direction
- Work collaboratively across a range of stakeholders to support stakeholder management and gain buy-in using appropriate communication channels articulating requirements and potential commercial solutions
- Contribute to the development of category strategies, product road maps and sourcing plans
- Work with stakeholders, engaging effectively and intelligently to define sourcing options available
- Cultivate and encourage an awareness of cost, using clear simple examples of benefits and how to measure outcomes
- Enable valued and measurable improvements and culture change across IT Commercial to improve performance
- Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills
- Experience of public sector procurement process and legislation.
- Should hold or be willing to work towards the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) Diploma in Procurement and Supply qualification (desirable).- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._

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