As the Category Manager, you will act as the commercial expert for your category. Leveraging your market expertise, you will develop and implement strategies to ensure that our client remains a leader in commercial arrangements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supplier Management: Oversee a portfolio of suppliers, ensuring continuous improvement and added value throughout the contract lifecycle.
- Market Insight: Provide in-depth category knowledge and market insights to internal stakeholders. Develop category strategies, support sourcing events, and manage category-level risks.
- Commercial Expertise: Utilize your commercial expertise to help swiftly adapt to market changes.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate proactively with internal stakeholders to shape category strategies, understand business needs, and manage spending and suppliers.
- Tender Management: Lead and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for goods and services.
- Supplier Interface: Serve as a key contact with suppliers within the category.
- Reporting: Ensure timely and accurate reporting on sourcing projects using available tools.
- Compliance: Adhere to company and department standards, policies, and procedures.
Fantastic opportunity, working for a well-known organisation!
Base Location: Reading - 2 days a week onsite!Working Hours: 36 hours per week.Up to 12% employer pension contributionand so much more!
Skills:
- Networking Skills: Ability to build productive relationships across the team and collaborate to develop flexible solutions.
- Challenging Norms: Capable of challenging industry norms and identifying opportunities for performance improvement.
- Negotiation Expertise: Experience in leading complex supplier negotiations, up to £100m in value.
- Process Knowledge: Strong understanding of pre and post-deal processes and their impact on delivering value.
- Influence and Change Management: Proven ability to influence stakeholders and suppliers to drive meaningful change.
- Supply Chain Experience: Some experience in complex supply chain environments.
- Risk Management: Ability to prioritize and manage risk and complexity effectively.
If this sounds like you, or someone you know, then apply now!