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Indirect Category Manager 12mth contract

Indirect Category Manager 12mth contract

Nigel Wright Group

Posted a day ago, valid for 23 days

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR4 6ST, England

Full Time

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Nigel Wright's Supply Chain and Procurement Team is recruiting for an Indirect Category Manager for a leading North East Manufacturing business for a contract of approximately 12 to 14 months.
The role offers a salary with a flexible working arrangement of four days on-site and one day working from home.
The Indirect Category Manager will report to the Head of Department and will manage various categories including Plant Capex and MRO across multiple UK sites.
Candidates should have a proven strategic procurement track record within Indirect categories and at least 5 years of relevant experience.
Strong negotiation skills and the ability to build relationships are essential for this role, which is expected to start by the end of April or early May.

The CompanyNigel Wright's Supply Chain and Procurement Team are currently working exclusively with a leading North East Manufacturing business to recruit an Indirect Category Manager role for a period of c12 - 14 months. The Client will support 4 days' on site working and 1 day working from home. This is a salaried role, start date end April/early May latest..The OpportunityReporting into the Head of Department and working within a collaborative team, the Indirect Category Manager will be responsible for:

Managing Plant Capex, MRO, H&S, Construction-, Manufacturing-, Engineering Services across multiple UK sites
Partnering with key senior stakeholders, reviewing and consolidating spend
Designing Category Strategy - Spend/supplier analysis, developing category business plans
Collaborating closely with internal stakeholders to ensure early involvement of Procurement in Capex project activity
Running tenders through to award and contract negotiation, - implementation supporting key strategic projects
Supplier performance management

About YouThe ideal Indirect Category Manager will have/be:

Proven strategic procurement track record within Indirect categories (in particular Capex, MRO, Engineering Services)
Indirect Category management experience/contract management experience essential
Strong negotiation skills, cost analysis, commercially astute
Experienced in negotiating agreements/SLAs, with a good understanding of contractual terms
Proactive, resilient, assertive, able to hit ground running
Strengths in building relationships externally//internally - confident to challenge
Team player, flexible to changing priorities and able to work at pace

For further details of this exciting new challenge, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

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