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Elevation Recruitment Group's Procurement & Supply Chain division are excited to be working with a leading Freight business in the search for a Category Manager into their team on a full time, permanent basis. The Category Procurement Manager will be responsible for maximising efficiency and contributing to business results as well as hold key responsibility for the procurement of goods & services for the business by identifying supplier sources, screening and negotiating terms. Duties & Responsibilities of the Category Procurement Manager will include:
- Stakeholder management across the business, project co-ordination, working cross-functionally, setting and delivering on agreed timescales
- Work with internal customers to ensure inputs needed for Procurement function are available
- Ensure Procurement policy is adhered to within Procurement and promote around the business
- Develop, implement and refresh category plans which examine the marketplace and identify savings
- Tender, evaluation and negotiation of long-term supply contracts complete with terms and conditions
- Negotiation and implementation of contract variations to protect budgets
- Ensuring on time delivery in full to agreed plans
- Monitor and improve supplier delivery, quality and cost performance
- Launch price enquiries with suppliers against new bids and evaluate/negotiate offers
- Lead the supplier qualification process for new and existing sources of supply against allocated Indirect Categories; categories including (but not limited to) Marketing, IT, Facilities, Recruitment & Hotels
Key Skills & Experience required:
- 3-5 years Indirect procurement experience
- Experienced in project management / stakeholder management / customer focused
- Proven track record of cost savings and improvement to service level
- Experienced negotiator / experienced in supplier relationship management (SRM)
- Understanding of basic engineering (desirable)
- Fully CIPS Qualified (desirable)
If you are interested in hearing more about this position, please apply today or call Harry Bullen for a confidential chat today!
