Unipart
Senior Category Manager
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- Competitive salary plus car/car allowance
- 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
- Pension
- Bonus
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Wellbeing support
- Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme
About The Role
You will support the Head of Procurement in leading and managing the procurement of indirect goods and services across all Unipart operations, with a particular focus on IT. You will provide a timely and cost-effective procurement category strategy and expertise to stakeholders across the portfolio of sites and clients. You will also promote the procurement platform while driving improvements in the stakeholder experience, working collaboratively to drive alignment and maximise opportunities.
As Part Of Your Key Responsibilities You’ll
- Develop and implement commercial sourcing strategies for indirect services and goods, delivering Value for Money (VFM) and cost reduction across multiple categories and clients.
- Ensure suitable contractual coverage, reviewing and negotiating contract terms, and managing approval through to signature to mitigate supply risk.
- Lead strategic sourcing activities where required, and manage key supplier relationships for long-term strategic partnering and benefit opportunities.
- Support internal stakeholders with key supplier performance reviews and provide an expert point of contact to senior stakeholders at all levels.
- Implement procurement policies, processes, and procedures to help protect and advance the business.
- Manage change through effective procurement leadership, utilising The Unipart Way principles, and deputise for the Head of Procurement when required.
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About You
We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!
- Previous experience in multiple category strategy sourcing, preferably within a fast-paced environment, with a track record of delivering significant savings and innovative sourcing solutions.
- Strong understanding of standard terms and conditions to mitigate legal and commercial risk, along with excellent negotiation skills.
- Ability to build credible relationships, collaborate effectively, and influence at a senior management level, demonstrating confident, clear, and concise communication.
- Strong IT, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Highly organised, able to prioritise and multi-task in a fast-paced environment, while demonstrating customer focus and adaptability to change.
- Experience in people management and employee engagement is desired.
About Unipart
We are a supply chain performance improvement partner. We Design, Make, Move, and Improve components in our customers’ supply chains, keeping their operations and assets moving and working better, for longer. Through our commitment to continuously driving operational efficiencies, we improve performance - saving time, cost, and carbon. Our ambition is to be the driving force behind efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.
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Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We believe that a great workplace is one where you can bring your whole self to work. Our recruitment process is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and based entirely on merit. We define merit through a combination of technical skills and the core behaviours that help our people thrive at Unipart. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of background or circumstances. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity that exceeds our statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and subsequent legislation. Whether it’s your age, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, family status, or any other characteristic that makes you ‘you’ - it is your talent and potential that we value most.
Adjustments for you: We want you to perform at your best. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. We are here to support you.
You may have experience of the following: Procurement Manager, Category Manager, Strategic Sourcing Manager, Indirect Procurement Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Sourcing Specialist, Vendor Manager, Commercial Manager, Purchasing Manager, Supplier Relationship Manager
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