Global Category

2 weeks ago

Weybridge, United Kingdom People First Full time

**Ref: 21731**

**Your New Job Title**:Global Category & Sourcing Manager**-**Professional Services

**Your New Daily rate**: up to £558 p/day PAYE or £731 umbrella (inside IR35)
- equivalent of up to £145k per annum

**Duration**: Six Months

**Location**: Weybridge/WFH (1-2 days a week in the office)

**Start date**: ASAP

**Working hours**: 37.5 hours per week

**Job posting ID**: JP1925

**Who you'll be working for**:
Our client, a major FTSE100 business, who have fantastic offices in Weybridge are looking for a Global Category & Sourcing Manager - Professional Services.

**What you'll be doing each day**:
As a Global Senior Category & Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for category management and sourcing activities within Professional Services categories, which include: management consultancy and financial business services (audit, banking servicesand insurance). This role will involve working with stakeholders from across the business including business line leadership as well as local procurement contacts.

This role will report to the Global Category Director for the PS & HR categories, which consists of a direct team of six procurement professionals who manage consultancy, financial services, insurance, legal, employee benefits, mobility, HR services andfleet spend. This team is part of the Corporate Services Procurement team of thirty people. The Global Procurement function consists of about 250 people across the globe.

On a weekly, monthly, quarterly basis, this role will involve:

- Acting as the main point of contact for stakeholders and suppliers within your category areas
- Building relationships with stakeholders to understand their business requirements and build a pipeline of projects to meet our Procurement targets
- Running initiatives within your category to support our Sustainability and Diversity objectives
- Managing complex sourcing projects and leading negotiations with suppliers on commercial and technical matters
- Identifying opportunities to introduce new technology or improvements into your categories
- Meeting with suppliers to manage their performance but also grow strategic partnerships
- Providing updates to Senior Leadership on key performance metrics for your categories, such as: spend, savings, supplier mix, sustainability performance.
- Leading the Supplier Relationship Management programme for your categories
- Category housekeeping such as the pipeline of expiring contracts, tracking savings performance, PSL maintenance

**The skills you need to succeed**:

- Experience in a procurement category management and/or sourcing role within the Professional Services categories
- Experience of developing category strategies and creating plans to implement them
- Ideally experience within the Financial Business Services category (audit, assurance, banking services and insurance)
- Able to execute contract management.

**Please note this Umbrella rate is the amount payable to Umbrella company - this does not represent what you will actually receive from the Umbrella company**

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