Category Management Specialist
4 weeks ago
We are seeking a highly skilled Category Management Specialist to join our team at JSS Search. As an Indirect Category Specialist, you will play a critical role in our supply chain team to enable our client to meet its strategic objectives of sustainably growing our network and improving our profit margin.
This position supports the company in the category management of centre utilities for 3,500+ locations globally (estimated spend of £70M) across 120+ countries. The successful applicant will help to manage the end-to-end process for supplying our centres with utilities, including identifying the right suppliers, securing the best market rates to manage our cost base, while meeting the sustainability requirements of the group.
Reporting to the Utility Category Manager, you will continually review and optimize our contracts, as well as drive cost reduction initiatives through technology in our centres. You will establish clear reporting on centre-level consumption, covering both direct and indirect supply routes. Where needed, this role is engaged in utilities supplier escalations, ensuring suppliers meet negotiated SLAs associated with service, delivery, or billing issues and in supplier management.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement effective category management strategies that drive cost savings and efficiency and create additional value for clients through innovative service and product delivery.
- Ensure costs are recovered through various avenues, such as customer payments, centre recharges, rebates, or other creative cost recovery methods.
- Track and report on planned and validate achieved savings targets, as well as consumption data.
- Establish and cultivate robust relationships with key suppliers, fostering mutual benefits, enhancing quality and reliability, and driving innovation in supply chain processes and vendor partnerships.
- Lead the vendor selection process, including the execution of RFPs, RFQs, and other sourcing activities.
- Negotiate contracts to secure optimal terms and conditions, ensuring this process also prioritises value creation for clients and profitable cost recovery for the Category.
- Support our ESG agenda as we work towards our net-zero targets.
- Conduct regular vendor performance measurements and management, emphasising continual improvement and innovation.
- Approve large/technical/one-off expenditures.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs and align strategies accordingly while maintaining a client-focused approach that drives value and innovation.
- Manage risks within the Category (including compliance with legislation) and develop contingency plans to mitigate them while identifying opportunities to leverage them to drive innovation and add value.
- Stay updated on market trends and conditions that impact the Category, including pricing, supply/demand dynamics, and innovation opportunities, to ensure the Category's offerings remain competitive, valuable, and aligned with client's needs and expectations.
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