Procurement and Contracts Category Manager
Location: North East Lincolnshire
Salary: NJC31 – £41,771
Expiry: 04/05/2026
Job Type: Full Time
What will your day look like?
* Lead and deliver procurement activity across your category portfolio, including planning, leading, and managing procurement projects to ensure compliance throughout the commercial lifecycle.
* Develop and maintain the appropriate suite of tender documentation, oversee effective evaluation processes, and set clear criteria and scoring.
* Support and implement category plans, providing procurement and contract management advice, guidance, and support to service areas.
* Use analysis and insight to shape sourcing approaches and support continuous improvement in policies, systems, and procedures.
* Ensure transparency requirements are met, maintaining key registers and pipelines such as contracts registers and procurement pipelines in line with Council requirements.
* Build strong, collaborative working relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing constructively to support effective procurement and contract management practices and improved outcomes.
Qualifications
* Proven experience as a Procurement or Contracts Category Manager.
* Strong knowledge of the procurement commercial lifecycle and contract management.
* Experience in developing tender documentation and leading compliant procurement exercises.
* Ability to work collaboratively with diverse service areas and senior stakeholders.
Benefits
* Professional development with clear career pathways and support for CIPS progression.
* Collaborative, supportive, solutions‑focused professional community that values openness, integrity, and expertise.
* A central role in shaping how procurement and contract management is delivered across North East Lincolnshire.
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