Category Lead

**Description**:

- Great People Work Here_

Are you searching for a career with bags of variety, in an environment that celebrates differences and empowers collaboration, which values individuals and will encourage you to make an impact? Do you want the freedom to explore, and the opportunities to find new ways and to innovate? If so, Twining Ovo delivers.

We’re looking for people who don’t just come here to get the job done, but who have a real passion for the brand and a desire to do the best job they can. In return, we offer an inspiring package of employee benefits - to show just how much we value you. This role will offer you the scope for growth and the tools to aim high.

The Category Leader is responsible for developing and implementing WHS & Distribution strategies across TwO business as well as related procurement activities globally. As such, this role will need to work closely with the local Supply Chain and Logistics teams to ensure the global strategy accounts for regional and local market requirements while leveraging the global view and opportunities. The Category Leader is empowered to own the full end to end approach clearly defining short and longer term business need and priorities to improve performance, maximize value through total cost savings, driving innovation and managing risks partnering key internal and external stakeholders

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead development and implementation of the category strategies, from supplier sourcing through contract award to continuous contract performance management.
- Business partnering across the internal & external stakeholder group.
- Leveraging supplier resources for optimising value delivery through total cost savings and driving innovation, sustainability and managing risk.
- Negotiate contracts in full supported by legal along with leading and decision making for commercial negotiations with supplier
- Manage key supplier relationships and as required measure and review supplier performance and lead supplier continuous improvement programmes.
- SRM program roll out and followed up with KPI's measurement, regular meetings and corrective actions to meet requested service level
- Build, align and own annual budget for categories, quarterly forecasting & quarterly market led cost updates.
- Implement cost models as per contractual conditions, actively reviewing & adjust as appropriate.

**Skills, Knowledge and Expertise**:

- At least 3-5 years procurement experience ideally in warehouse &distribution categories spend areas.
- Knowledge of warehouse &distribution category in manufacturing industry
- E- Sourcing and negotiation skills
- Price modelling
- Results driven, resilience and entrepreneurial mindset

**Benefits**:

- Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance
- Flexible working options
- 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays
- Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre
- Perkbox - employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants and many more
- Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- SimplyHealth Cash plan
- Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts

**About Twinings**:
Twinings has become one of the world’s most loved tea companies over its 300-year history because we never stop learning, never stop experimenting and never stop inventing. We are passionate about tea from bud to cup and have been working with some of our tea estates around the world since the early 18th Century.

More than 300 years later, the passion for tea is still here - and so are we We still sell tea from Thomas's shop, and we still work hard to bring the most exciting new blends to tea lovers around the world. Now, we have over 500 varieties and our teas are cherished all over the world. Our expert master blenders taste more than 3,000 cups of tea every week. So you can be sure the next cup you taste will be every bit as good as the one yesterday or the day before.

**How we feel about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**

TwiningsOvo is committed to bringing together humans from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We seek to create a diverse, equitable & inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do impactful work together. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability, age or any other status protected by law and are committed to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our workplace.

Applicants may be entitled to reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act. A reasonable adjustment is a change in