Our client, operating within the procurement supply chain sector, is currently seeking 2 x Senior Category Managers specialising in IT or Corporate Services. This is a contract position for skilled professionals with a background in indirect Category Management.
Must have security clearance
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with senior stakeholders, driving early engagement to influence business planning and ensure alignment with organisational priorities
- Own, develop and execute category strategies for HR, Recruitment and Training, using market insights and data to challenge existing approaches and maximise value
- Lead complex sourcing activity, including the design of sourcing strategies, competitive tenders, and negotiation of high-value contracts
- Identify and manage category-specific risks, including supply resilience, geopolitical, financial, and sustainability considerations
- Support stakeholders to drive Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) across key contracts to ensure performance, innovation, and value realisation from strategic partnerships
- Support the Finance and Business Systems transformation, including the transition from SAP Ariba to Oracle Fusion and the establishment of a mature Source-to-Pay model
Key Person Attributes
- Communicates complex commercial and strategic concepts clearly and confidently, adapting style to suit senior stakeholders
- Aligns diverse stakeholders behind shared objectives
- Confident decision-maker, balancing commercial, operational, and risk considerations to drive the best outcomes in ambiguous or dynamic environments and collaborates cross-functionally to achieve this
- Builds collaborative and trusted relationships with stakeholders and suppliers
- Demonstrates resilience and adaptability during transformation
- Role-models integrity, accountability, and a growth mindset
- Proactively improves processes, challenges existing ways of working, and contributes to Supply Chain and Procurement functional development
Experience and Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent professional experience
- MCIPS qualified or working towards completion
- Experience in strategic category management in similar categories of spend
- Proven track record of building successful relationships with senior stakeholders
- Demonstrable experience negotiating high-value contracts
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Practical experience with Source to Pay (S2P) technology
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