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Category Manager

2 months ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Thames Water Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Category Manager to join our team at Thames Water. As a Category Manager, you will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of strategic category management plans, ensuring that Thames Water achieves market-leading commercial arrangements.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and deliver end-to-end strategic category management plans, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Provide extensive category knowledge and market insight, identifying and managing category-level risk.
  • Manage a portfolio of suppliers, ensuring contracted expectations are met and suppliers deliver added value to Thames Water.
  • Lead and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for the supply of goods and services.
  • Ensure timely and accurate reporting on projects using available reporting tools.
Requirements
  • Experience of end-to-end strategic category management.
  • Ability to influence, engage, and inspire internal and external stakeholders to drive meaningful change.
  • Ability to challenge industry norms and proactively seek out opportunities to deliver sustained improvements in performance.
  • Capable of leading complex supplier negotiations up to £100m in value.
  • Some understanding and experience of operating in complex supply chain environments.
  • Skilled in prioritization and managing risk and complexity effectively.
What We Offer
  • Competitive salary from £45,000 to £58,000 per annum depending on experience.
  • Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
  • Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
  • Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
  • Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
About Thames Water

At Thames Water, our purpose is to deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities, and planet can thrive. We recognize that people are at the heart of our business and seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge.

We are committed to taking care of our customers, communities, and the environment, and we believe that our employees are key to achieving this goal. As a Category Manager, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference in our business and contribute to our mission to deliver life's essential service.