Senior Category Manager

2 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom IPS Group Full time

One of the UK's leading Insurers has a new opportunity to join them as a Senior Category Manager in this key new role that has come about by an internal promotion to the existing job holder.

As Senior Category Manager you will be responsible for creating the category plans across the household claims division managing procurement plans whilst being the principal stakeholder Manager for the business in relation to household claims procurement.

You will lead the development and execution of commercial strategies for the home claims division ensuring a market leading service is provided. You will have a deep understanding of your market ensuring you are the expert in this category by understandingkey trends in the market and proactively using these to bring innovation into the business.

You will use your procurement experience in an insurance environment combined with your category management expertise to develop meaningful Category Strategies offering in-depth knowledge to your assigned portfolio. You will have strong contract draftingskills with the ability to create associated Schedules of legal Agreements.

You will have experience providing day to day line management, coaching and development of others to ensure that performance objectives are met team engagement is high, valued and motivating. You will manage a small team consisting of 2 Sourcing Managersand 1 Assistant Sourcing Manager.

You will be responsible for the overall Category Strategy focusing on procurement opportunities which will be agreed with key stakeholders whilst also sourcing and negotiating new strategies to provide a competitive edge to the business.

You will be confident operating at Board level playing an influential part with Executive level colleagues through shaping strategy and change plans, inputting into the development of the business Strategy. Using your expansive experience you will have anunderstanding of how innovation is changing your assigned category. You will form relationships with potential suppliers which allow you to quickly exploit developments in the market.

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary and benefits package in this role that will offer full flexibility to work from home or in the office. There are offices in most parts of England accessible within 90 minutes of most locations.



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