As a Category Manager, you should be a commercial expert for the category that you lead. You should be able to utilise this market expertise to develop and deliver strategies, ensuring that Thames is market-leading in their commercial arrangements.What you’ll be doing as a Category Manager
* Responsible for managing a portfolio of suppliers to ensure contracted expectations continue to be improved throughout the contract life cycle and to support these suppliers in delivering additional value to Thames Water.
* Providing extensive category knowledge and supplying market insight to internal stakeholders. Delivering category strategies and sourcing events, providing SME support and identifying/managing category-level risk.
* Becoming the commercial expert for the category enables Thames to quickly adapt to market changes.
* Engage proactively with internal stakeholders to shape category approach, business needs, spend and suppliers.
* Lead and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for the supply of goods and services.
* Be a key interface with the supplier on a particular category.
* Ensure timely and accurate reporting on the sourcing projects using available reporting tools
* Understand and adhere to the company and department standards, policies, and procedures.
* Base Location: Reading - Hybrid.
* Working Pattern or hours: 36 Hours.
What you should bring to the role...