Procurement Category Manager / Construction & Engineering
- Employer
- TALENT DRIVE LTD
- Location
- Worthing, West Sussex
- Salary
- From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + bonus + great pension + 25 days ho
- Closing date
- 12 Dec 2019
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- Sector
- Marketing & PR
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Procurement Category Manager / Construction & Engineering
This well-known UK brand is going through an exciting Procurement and Commercial Transformation, as a result are growing the team significantly by hiring a Category Manager.
Reporting to the Head of Category Management, this role will give you the autonomy to work across a wide portfolio of categories, including Construction and Engineering.
You, the Procurement Category Manager be based in their beautiful offices on the Sussex coast and encouraged to work in a flexible way, in keeping with the organisation’s culture.
Work / life balance is at the core of the entire organisation and as a small Procurement team you must adopt this way of working to ensure you are in the best position to deliver maximum impact.
What the Procurement Category Manager role involves:- Develop and agree category specific strategies with the Senior Procurement Team, aligning with the Procurement strategy and value management strategies. Deliver sustainable value and minimise total cost of ownership
- Work with business leads to understand customer requirements, volume demands, and specifications to inform development of category strategies.
- Gather insight and analysis of category/sub-category spend to inform the team and optimise demand patterns
- Deliver strategic and tactical activities to deliver aggregation and product/specification standardisation, in order to leverage scale of demand
- Actively seek opportunities to continually improve and add value through analysis of market, best practices and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including third party suppliers
- Strong category management experience ideally in Engineering and/or Construction
- Evidence of successful development and delivery of category strategy
- The ability to make key strategic decisions on the supplier base you are engaged with
- Degree educated or equivalent would be preferable, but is not essential.
- Be able to identify and implement negotiation strategies through a multi-function team.
If you are a Procurement Category Manager wanting to be part of an exciting phase in this well-known company’s journey. And be developed by some experienced Procurement Professionals? Apply today!
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