The Vacancy
Join our growing Procurement team and help us make a difference!
We are currently looking for a commercially minded Category Manager to join our growing Procurement team on a two-year fixed-term contract
Now is an exciting time to join Platform Housing Group, a dynamic, forward-thinking social housing business who offer employees an inclusive and supportive environment with excellent benefits and family friendly policies.
In this role, you’ll be at the heart of shaping and delivering commercially driven, compliant procurement solutions across a defined category portfolio. You'll lead the creation and execution of category strategies that support Platform Housing Group’s strategic ambitions, driving value for money, strengthening governance, and enhancing supply chain performance.
You will be responsible for planning and delivering end-to-end sourcing activities in line with the Procurement Act and internal financial standing orders. This includes overseeing complex tendering processes, supporting contract implementation, and working closely with business leads to ensure contracts are actively managed and achieving the expected outcomes.
Some of the things we are looking for:
* Proven experience delivering end-to-end procurement in a regulated environment, with strong knowledge of the Procurement Act and public procurement regulations
* Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills able to engage with both operational and strategic leads.
* Experience within procurement within the Housing and/or Public Sector
* Strong background in developing and executing category strategies, including pre-market engagement, tendering, contract award and post-award management.
* Competent user of procurement and contract systems, with the ability to extract, analyse and present procurement.
While this role offers the flexibility of being home-based, occasional travel to Group offices and other locations, including Birmingham Business Park Solihull and Central Park, Worcester, is required.
Some of the great benefits we can offer you:
* Up to 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
* Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
* Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
* Health Cash Plan worth up to £ p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
* Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
* Learning and Development opportunities
* Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers
How to apply:
If you're looking for a role where your expertise will be valued, your ideas welcomed, and where you can help shape the future of procurement in a supportive and forward-thinking team, then we’d love to hear from you. Click