Senior Category Manager

3 weeks ago


Egham, United Kingdom Enterprise Rent-A-Car Full time

**Overview** We’re a global business that covers 90 countries and boasts a fleet of more than 1.7 million vehicles. For our 100,000 colleagues, this means going the extra mile to keep everything running smoothly every day. Something you might not know is that we’re afamily-run business, meaning people are at the heart of how we think and what we do. As a part of that people-focused approach, we’re also doing more for diversity, which is why we’re proud to say that we’ve been awarded Top Employer for Women 17 years ina row

We are excited to announce a new role in our Procurement organisation based in the UK for our European businesses; Germany, France, Ireland, Spain and United Kingdom. This position will play an integral role in building an evolving department, deliveringand implementing our procurement strategy.

This will be a hands-on, dynamic role for someone with strong procurement skills, the ability to forge good relationships and with the ambition to continuously learn and be challenged. The role will be working within a small, but high performing team, withopportunities to shape the position and develop and grow within the company.

This is a permanent position based in Egham, Surrey.

**Responsibilities** Responsibilities for this position will include, but are not limited to:
- “End to End” Sourcing: identifying new suppliers, negotiating, implementing, managing agreements and suppliers for both key categories and some tactical procurement
- Develop sourcing strategies for core categories defining how to move the business from decentralized buying to a centralized model
- Leading supplier categorization and segmentation of a decentralized supply base to identify harmonization & rationalization of suppliers across Europe
- Maintain strong sustainable relationships with existing key strategic suppliers and identify new potential partners through SRM
- Develop, manage & monitor supplier performance for strategic suppliers in partnership with key stakeholders
- Develop key stakeholder relationships and build procurement’s reputation as a trusted business partner
- Conduct both traditional and e-sourcing activities across the key European countries
- Support the ESDG strategies within procurement, with special focus on supplier diversity
- Develop relationships with global procurement counterparts ensuring alignment with the global procurement strategies
- Support the Head of Procurement with prioritisation based on the House of Procurement pillar strategies
- Drive continuous improvement and cost saving initiatives through the evaluation of the supply chain & procurement
- Drive innovation into the business, uphold company brand and leverage external expertise through external connections and networking
- Experience sourcing, negotiating, implementing and managing small, medium, large and/or complex agreements, priorities and suppliers
- Well versed in procurement tools and techniques
- Coupa or equivalent procurement system user experience and knowledge
- Category experience in any one of the following areas: IT, professional services, indirect procurement, Fleet
- Good contractual knowledge
- Project or Program management experience or knowledge of basic project management tools and ways of working
- Strong Commerical acumen, varied negotiation techniques & influencing skills
- Experience in creating impactful presentations with confident presentation skills
- High numeracy and analytical proficiency
- Ability to challenge and suggest improvements and influence outcomes
- Experience working with stakeholders in customer focused and decentralized organization Experience in managing pan-European or global categories
- High competency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Office
- MCIPS membership or equivalent is desirable but not essential

**Languages**
- Required: English
- German, French and Spanish beneficial

**Location and Travel**
- UK/Egham, Surrey with some scope for hybrid working however office presence required at least 3 days per week
- Must be able to work in the UK and travel to Europe
- Initially travel may be required in Europe during the Coupa roll outand to the US for COUPA training (depending on the COVID guidelines and travel restrictions in place)


This is an excellent opportunity to make your mark. Our organization offers a supportive, diverse and collaborative working environment and a competitive salary.



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