Procurement Category Manager

4 weeks ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom 1st Executive Ltd Full time
Job Title: Procurement Manager

As a key member of our Customer Sourcing category team, you will lead the delivery of sourcing category projects and aligned supplier management activities. You will create strong collaborative partnerships with senior customers to influence business priorities and understand future trends and requirements. You will lead on all activities in line with all relevant Group policies and within Group risk appetite.

This is a great opportunity for a Generalist Procurement Specialist with some indirects under their belt...

This is a multi-location role, so you can be based in either Leeds, Edinburgh, or Bristol. You will work 2 days a week in the office.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Operating as a member of the Customer Sourcing category sourcing team for Insurance, Pensions & Investments and Motor, alongside a team of expert sourcing professionals, contributing to the ongoing development of the category vision and purpose, supporting the continued advancement of the function
  • Supporting our Insurance, Pensions & Investments colleagues with their commercial needs through the delivery of great sourcing strategies to meet their business goals
  • Developing and nurturing critical relationships with key partners, driving commercial thinking by challenging what we have always done to deliver greater commercial value for the organisation
  • Maintaining an effective and up-to-date understanding of the fund management services category, looking after critical supplier relationships to seek early access to new and innovative product developments, allowing you to build and deliver to support the Group's transformation
Requirements:
  • Sourcing expertise, with a specific knowledge and experience of negotiating contracts and procurement category management ideally for consumer products but not essential
  • Experience in developing and managing sourcing projects within dynamic environments
  • Ability to articulate, influence, and translate strategic objectives from business clients into effective sourcing strategies, approaches, and delivery
  • Success in development of relationships with key internal colleagues and evidence of working as a trusted and valued business partner
  • An upbeat, resilient, and adaptable style, with success in constantly evolving environments
What We Offer:
  • A wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
  • An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
  • Share schemes including free shares
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies


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