Global Category Manager

Morson is delighted to be working in partnership with a market leading aerospace organisation to recruit a Category Manager for an initial 6 month contract. There is a hybrid working arrangement on offer with a split between time onsite in Cambridge and the rest working from home. An attractive daily rate is on offer for the successful candidate.

Please find the role description below:

Purpose of the position

Working with the Growth/Business Development and product development teams to understand current and future opportunities that my client is expecting to bid and working with the Bid Purchasing and Subcontract delivery team, capture current challenges and opportunities with existing supplier performance (Cost, Quality and Delivery). Shall develop, publish, and maintain a global category souring strategy, and plan, to support these current and future opportunities and ensuring that this supports the achievement of the highest levels of supplier performance (Cost, Quality and Delivery).

Accountability

Responsibilities:

• Continually monitor key industry and category cost and risk drivers to help inform key bids and projects and NPD activities, for example, metal indices, FOREX, PESTLE analysis etc…
• For the Key categories monitor existing and potential future supply market, from end to end, and be able to communicate key risks and opportunities that my client's supply base is, and may face, over the next 3 years.
• Engage broad cross section of stakeholders and share current global economic indicators that will impact my client and its supply base.
• Continually assess potential new suppliers fort eh key categories that can deliver better performance and reduce supply risk.
• Working with New Product Development teams to identify new potential key categories of spend related to taking new products to market.
• Support Mark versus Buy decision making.
• Lead annual cost reduction planning and initiatives and continually develop a “hopper” of cost saving initiatives/projects.
• Work closely with Bid Procurement Managers to ensure the latest pricing from agreed price lists with key suppliers is included in all relevant bids.
• Work with key functions on defining requirements and tendering key indirect categories of spend.

Tasks:

• Chairing of Quarterly Business Reviews with Key Suppliers designed to drive sustainable performance improvement and development of stronger relationships, supported by key internal stakeholders.
• Implement multiyear pricing agreements for key categories and suppliers to ensure more accurate de-risked pricing used in Bids and also protect against cost risks in projects.
• Implement and manage a category risk register identifying all risks that could affect my client's performance (Cost, Quality and Delivery)

Capability

Behavioural Competencies:

• Strong Communication Skills
• Analytical mindset
• Collaborative
• Strong Negotiator

Technical Competencies:

• Familiar with ERP System and able to extract and interrogate data.
• Familiar with financial cost modelling in support of long-term sourcing decisions

Certification:

• CIPS Certified – Ideal not essential.
• Degree qualified in business.

Experience:

• Produced multi-year Category Strategies for relevant areas of spend.

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