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Category Manager
Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
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Join our Commercial Corporate Services Team at L&Q
Are you a commercially minded procurement professional with a track record of managing complex, high-value contracts across both the public and private sectors?
Do you thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment where your market insight, negotiation skills, and strategic thinking shape successful procurement outcomes?
It’s an exciting time to join L&Q’s Commercial Team as we embed a new structure focused on supply chain, category management and business partnering, delivering an operationally excellent service across the organisation.
As a Category Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in developing and implementing strategic sourcing plans across a diverse range of goods and services. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to understand business needs, analyse supply markets, and deliver category strategies that optimise value, quality, service, and sustainability.
You’ll lead complex, multi-million-pound procurement projects, manage key supplier relationships, and ensure compliance with legal and commercial standards. Your work will directly shape the success of L&Q’s procurement transformation, helping us deliver lasting value for our residents and communities.
We would love for you to apply!
Your impact in the role
* Shape and deliver category strategies across a wide range of goods and services, ensuring alignment with business needs and maximising value, quality, and service.
* Build deep market insight by analysing supply trends and key players, using this intelligence to inform strategic sourcing decisions.
* Collaborate with Procurement Managers to support the successful implementation of category solutions across the organisation.
* Lead complex, multi-million-pound contract negotiations with a strong commercial and legally compliant approach.
* Contribute to the transformation of procurement services through a newly structured team focused on category management and business partnering.
What you'll bring
* Extensive experience in managing end-to-end procurement activity, with a strong understanding of Public Contracts Regulations.
* Proven ability to deliver procurement solutions tailored to stakeholder needs across both public and private sectors.
* Strong contract negotiation skills and commercial acumen.
* Ability to prepare detailed tender and contract documentation, and produce clear, insightful reports.
* Experience in Corporate Services categories is desirable.
* A collaborative mindset and a track record of delivering high-value outcomes in complex procurement environments.
About L&Q
We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.
250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.
At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.
L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.
At L&Q, sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Marketing and Sales
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