Procurement Category Manager
1 month ago
1st Executive Ltd is proud to present this exciting opportunity for a Senior Category Buyer to join their esteemed Procurement Team. This role is a key part of the company's continued success and growth, with a focus on achieving best value through the supply chain for direct components.
The successful candidate will design, develop, and implement category strategies and sourcing initiatives to support the company's continued success and growth. This will involve reducing BOM and development costs, maintaining and building on current high-quality standards, reducing development lead-times, and identifying efficiencies within the production process.
The Category Buyer will collaborate with the wider product, design, and Quality Control (QC) functions to champion the development of the performance of the existing supply base. They will also ensure cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and Quality Control (QC) teams to arrive at balanced/considered outcomes.
The role will involve managing and owning the sourcing and development activities of components for new model programmes to achieve key stage gates before handing over ownership to the Supply Chain Team for ongoing production.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in procurement and category management, with experience in strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, contract, performance, and risk management.
Employee benefits include an Employee Purchase Scheme, Employee Lease Scheme, Discounted Clothing, Parts, and Accessories Purchases, Company benefits platform, Competitive holiday entitlement, Competitive Pension Scheme, and Life Assurance Scheme.
This is an excellent opportunity for a career-focused Procurement Professional to join a best-in-class Procurement Team and contribute to the company's continued success and growth.
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