Senior Category Manager - IT & Indirects | £70,000 to £75,000 | 10% bonus | full corporate benefits package | London - 1 or 2 days in the office per week | A global provider of technology systems, platforms and software
This is a really exciting and unique opportunity to join a global group business, who own multiple brands to report directly into the the newly appointed Global Procurement Director.
You will be initially managing a large UK spend focusing heavily towards IT/Technology, but still managing and looking after more generalist spend; Professional Services, Marketing, FM, Travel, HR. The plan for this person and a key objective is to start looking at the spend across the group globally and implementing wider strategies across key suppliers to improve cost and supplier delivery.
They are looking for a "do'er" who wants to get stuck in, someone with a commercial but still a strategic approach that ideally has worked across multiple regions.
Role and responsibilities:
* Create IT and corporate strategies through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
* Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
* Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
* Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
* Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
* Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
* On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency
Experience and requirements:
* Deep technical category experience within Technology & IT is key
* As well as having some more generalist Indirect category management
* Private sector procurement experience, ideally working for a global business
* Previous experience working on complex global projects, dealing with Tier 1 suppliers of significant values
* Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
* A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
* Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries
* Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
* MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential