Overview
Market leading brand require a Procurement Category Manager to lead procurement activity across HR and FM spend areas. Applicants need indirect or services procurement experience, a positive demeanor and excellent stakeholder engagement skills. An exciting end-to-end procurement opportunity, the Category Manager will be responsible for leading sourcing/tendering, contracts management and supplier relationship management. The focus will be on HR (recruitment, training, remuneration, internal communications, events) and FM (property, soft facilities services); previous experience with these categories will not be required, a generalist indirect procurement background would work well. Working within a small and high-performing team, the Category Manager will seek to optimise procurement efficiencies, mitigate risk, contribute to savings targets and engage effectively with stakeholders.
Responsibilities
* Lead sourcing and tendering activities for HR and FM spend areas.
* Manage contracts and the contract lifecycle, including reviews, negotiations and renewals.
* Drive supplier relationship management to improve performance, foster collaboration and rationalisation.
* Engage with stakeholders to understand required scope of category sourcing and supplier management strategies.
* Provide supply market intelligence on the HR and FM supplier landscape (cradle-to-grave sourcing).
* Support broader procurement initiatives around supplier rationalisation, supply chain risk and operational resilience.
* Seek to optimise procurement efficiencies and contribute to savings targets.
Qualifications / Criteria
* Indirect or Services Procurement expertise across HR, FM, Corporate Services, Business Services, IT, Marketing, etc.
* Ability to develop and implement category, sourcing and supplier relationship strategies.
* Ability to contribute to procurement savings and supplier rationalisation targets.
* Full lifecycle procurement expertise—tendering, negotiations, contracts management (review and negotiation) and SRM.
* A positive, proactive, outgoing relationship builder who can foster collaborative stakeholder relationships.
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