Category Manager Operations

3 weeks ago


london, United Kingdom Procurement Heads Full time

 

This industry-leading engineering organisation is undergoing continuous expansion of its procurement function and is therefore seeking a contracts manager to join its best-in-class team. Within this position you’ll be responsible for leading contract management and strategic commercial activities across a range of indirect procurement categories covering bespoke and technical services within the engineering and security space.

This organisation operates a highly strategic procurement function where they’re undertaking a digitalisation transformation journey which you’ll gain continuous exposure to, thus providing great daily development. You will be working within an excellent team structure where you’ll have ample opportunities for future development in terms of progressing into more senior positions or moving into different departments. The dynamic and fast-paced environment of this company enables each day to be different from the next.
  
Contracts manager responsibilities…

  • Lead on a variety of strategic commercial activities across the end-to-end procurement function and contract management space with a key focus on SRM and excellent negotiation due to a highly competitive supplier base
  • Autonomous responsibility to draft necessary procurement contracts across differing indirect procurement categories with limited support from legal
  • Unsure governance and compliance to maintain and manage risk to ensure its mitigated wherever possible through strategic and innovative thinking

  
Contracts manager requirements…

  • Excellent capabilities surrounding the end-to-end contract management process, ideally in relation to indirect procurement categories
  • Ideally some abilities to draft procurement contracts with limited legal support
  • Desire to work within a dynamic and fast paced environment

  
For more information regarding this exciting new procurement opportunity, please send a copy of your CV to Amy at amy@procurementheads.com or directly through this page.


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