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Procurement Category Manager - Corporate Services
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Procurement Category Manager – Corporate Services
Salary and Benefits
- Salary: £75,000 to £83,000
- Bonus: 20%
- Benefits: Full corporate benefits package
- Location: London – 2 days in the office per week
Company Overview
A market leader who monopolizes their market
Role Overview
A brand new role working within a large and growing indirect category management team, for a business who truly lead the market in their industry, who are continuing their growth and success. One role is a brand new role due to growth and one role is due to an internal promotion.
You'll be reporting into the Head of Category - Corporate Services, in a large team where you will have genuine opportunity to progress within the business.
Category Areas
- Professional Services
- HR
- Marketing
- Travel
- FM
- Utilities
- Outsourcing
Role and Responsibilities
- Create corporate strategies through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
- Review new and existing contracts to identify and mitigate risks
- Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
- Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilizing strong market knowledge
- Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
- Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
- Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
- On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency
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Experience and Requirements
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- Proven end to end procurement across a broad range of indirect and corporate categories
- Strong contracts experience, understanding risk, SLA's and Contractual terms
- As well as having some more generalist Indirect category management
- Private sector procurement experience, ideally working for a global business
- Previous experience working on complex global projects, dealing with Tier 1 suppliers of significant values
- Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
- A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
- Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries
- Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
- MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential
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