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Category Manager

1 month ago

Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom TJX Europe Full time

At TJX Europe, we're on the hunt for a talented Category Manager to join our team. As a key player in our Global Strategic Sourcing team, you'll be responsible for managing the delivery and implementation of GS&P category strategies across our European operations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Execute global, international, and national category plans via tools embedded in the strategic sourcing methodology and in collaboration with internal business partners.
  • Embrace regional, international, and cross-functional, multi-cultural teams in the execution of the strategic sourcing process and the implementation of the strategy.
  • Develop and evolve product or service requirements across all TJX's brands and geographies.
  • Maximise opportunities to batch multi-divisional requirements to create larger pools of sourcing to increase savings to TJX.
  • Prepare a regional negotiation plan and execute accordingly, involving TJX legal as necessary.
  • Pro-actively use automated sourcing processes, including auctions, RFX's, and relationship management systems.

Regional Vendor Management:

  • Manage the commercial element of supplier relationships.
  • Understand trade-offs of risk, quality, and cost, and be able to manage each area through supplier management, contracting, and negotiations.
  • Maintain fair, courteous, and productive relationships with all TJX international strategic vendors and reinforce TJX Europe's positive brand image within the vendor community.
  • Look to identify or develop and incorporate innovative products, services, approaches such as off-shoring, out-sourcing, consortia development, best country sourcing to support TJX Europe's low-cost producer strategy.

Contract Compliance:

  • Ensure that appropriate contractual terms are in place.
  • Prepare category reports for the Manager of Category and the GS&PLT.

Innovation:

  • Raise market innovation for covered categories and bring applicable ideas to the business for testing, cost modelling, and performance measurement.

People Management and Leadership:

  • Support the optimisation of TJX Europe's £500 million indirect spend globally (6+ countries).
  • On a category basis, undertake annual sourcing initiatives delivering between £1 and £2 million in yearly savings.
  • Responsible and impacts up to £75 million in indirect spend on an international basis.
  • Manage key strategic and day-to-day operational regional supplier relationships by actively planning and delivering on action items through the management of regional and national account executives.
  • Actively represent TJX within the global supplier community and the business world at large.
  • Vendor management and the harvesting of innovation from our vendor community is an integral part of the job description.
  • Recommend category initiatives within a portfolio of spend (10 to 20 initiatives per year).
  • Decide on negotiation plan and execute accordingly.
  • Recommendation for final vendor selection.

Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Experience in off-shoring and outsourcing.
  • Expertise in global strategic category sourcing.
  • Experience in global sourcing and Low-Cost Country Sourcing preferred.
  • Multi-country negotiations and contracts.
  • Experience in managing multiple stakeholders.
  • Property, Construction, FM related category experience and knowledge (plus others).
  • Oracle/SAP/Ariba or similar e-sourcing/P2P experience/knowledge.
  • Strong business and people management skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal relationship development skills.
  • Training & development skills.
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
  • CIPS qualified.
  • English with an additional European language desired.

We're looking for a talented individual who is passionate about category management and has a strong background in procurement and strategic sourcing. If you're looking for a challenging role that will allow you to grow and develop your skills, then we want to hear from you.

We're committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

Apply now to join our team and be a part of our exciting journey.