Indirect Procurement Category Manager

2 weeks ago


Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom Sony UK Technology Centre Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Procurement Leader to join our team at Sony UK Technology Centre as an Indirect Procurement Category Manager. This is a key role that will involve leading spend categories within the marketing procurement area for Retail Promoters across Europe.

Key Responsibilities
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders to understand and define business requirements.
  • Lead the implementation of European-wide sourcing strategies in your category areas.
  • Identify, lead, and collaborate with our in-country team for local sourcing projects.
  • Manage strategic suppliers by monitoring performance, SLAs, and continuous improvement activities where required across your portfolio.
  • Own contract information, KPI indicator data, and approvals for your categories. Providing updates annually and monthly.
  • Develop and own long-range category strategy.
  • Negotiate and lead the commercial elements of category contracts.
  • Support central initiatives, such as our sustainability goals, for improving the efficiency of CPE platform and overall procurement activities in Europe.
  • Develop and maintain a relationship with other category teams and Sony sister companies, where applicable, in order to find opportunities for joined procurement activities.
Requirements
  • Complex company background, leading indirect procurement categories within the Marketing.
  • Experienced in developing, supporting, and implementing European/multi-country procurement strategies.
  • A successful negotiator with excellent stakeholder and supplier management skills, equally focused on value for money, service quality, and positive strategic outcomes.
  • Numerate and logical – able to make and rationalize data-driven decisions.
  • Strong customer service sense and attitude with a commercial and entrepreneurial driven mentality.
About Sony UK Technology Centre

We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture. We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging.

We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfill Sony's purpose – 'to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology'. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.



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