Senior Category Manager

Michael Page (UK)

• Flexible working
• Competitive salary

About Our Client

This role is with a well-established not for profit organisation, known for its commitment to excellence in procurement and supply chain management. The company operates as a medium-sized enterprise with a strong reputation for delivering value-driven solutions.

Job Description

• Managing the needs and expectations to drive satisfaction, whilst ensuring compliance to procurement standards and alignment with strategy.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, and where needed external framework providers.
• Develop and implement category strategies to deliver maximum value in line with business strategy.
• Review supplier spend data and trends to ensure identifying key category management opportunities that align with organisational objectives.
• Sourcing of goods, services and works to a multi-site business, ensuring quality supply partnering and assurance.
• Lead and manage the end-to-end procurement process, including market analysis, tendering, evaluation, negotiation and contract award.
• Professionally manage contract creation, administration and compliance.
• Maximise financial and operational performance and minimise risk.
• Relationship building, negotiation, performance management, development, continuous improvement.
• Develop effective relationships with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
• Conduct market analysis to recommend supply market approach.
• Understand supplier and market trends to determine leverage opportunities.
• Analyse spend data to identify cost saving opportunities.
• Support stakeholder specification generation, commercial and pricing terms and contract management process.
• Professionally challenge specifications to ensure provisions are fit for purpose.
• Manage full tender lifecycle via e-sourcing system.

The Successful Applicant

• Strong commercial and business awareness.
• Customer focused, both internally and externally.
• Good knowledge of PCR 2015 and PA 23
• Ability to evaluate suppliers and tender responses from analysis/interpretation of written/financial/ contractual information
• Varied category management experience.
• Detailed understanding of contract and procurement management: processes, drafting, negotiating of commercial contracts, evaluating compliance, SLA performance management.
• Managing end to end high risk/value procurement projects.
• Strong negotiator, influencer and relationship builder.

What’s on Offer

• A competitive salary of 65,000 GBP
• 6-month FTC with potential to extend
• A supportive and professional work environment in the West Midlands
• Potential for career growth and development within the procurement department.