Bramwith Consulting
HR Benefits Category Manager
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HR Benefits Category Manager | London | Hybrid
Salary: Up to £90,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
An exceptional opportunity to join a truly global, market-leading organisation at one of the most exciting points in its procurement journey.
Following the appointment of an award-winning Chief Procurement Officer, the business is investing heavily in transforming its global procurement function. This isn't business as usual—it's a genuine opportunity to help shape a world-class procurement organisation, influence senior stakeholders, and make a lasting impact across the business.
As the HR Benefits Category Manager, you'll own a strategically important global category, partnering with HR, Reward, and executive stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies, optimise supplier performance, and deliver commercial value across multiple international markets.
This is a highly visible position offering outstanding career progression, exposure to senior leadership, and the opportunity to work within a collaborative, high-performing procurement team.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver the global category strategy for Employee Benefits.
- Lead strategic sourcing and complex procurement projects across healthcare, pensions, wellbeing, insurance, flexible benefits, and benefits brokerage.
- Partner with senior HR, Reward, Finance, and Procurement stakeholders across multiple regions.
- Negotiate and manage high-value supplier agreements to deliver commercial value and innovation.
- Analyse spend, market trends, and supplier performance to identify cost optimisation and service improvement opportunities.
- Drive supplier relationship management and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support the wider procurement transformation by embedding best-in-class category management practices.
Desired Skills & Experience
- Proven experience managing Employee Benefits or HR procurement categories.
- Strong knowledge of healthcare, pensions, insurance, wellbeing programmes, employee assistance programmes, and global benefits brokerage.
- Experience operating within large multinational organisations or complex global environments.
- Ideally gained within a leading management consultancy, boutique procurement consultancy, global benefits brokerage, or a mature in-house procurement function.
- Excellent commercial acumen with strong negotiation and supplier management experience.
- Highly analytical with the ability to interpret complex spend data and turn insights into commercial strategy.
- Outstanding stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence senior business leaders.
- CIPS qualification (or working towards) is advantageous.
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If you're looking to join a business where procurement is recognised as a strategic function, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a truly global organisation at the start of a major transformation. You'll work alongside some of the industry's leading procurement professionals, influence business-critical decisions, and help build a best-in-class global procurement function.
For a confidential discussion or to apply, please send your CV to g.sivarajah@bramwith.com.
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