Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Essex-based client to recruit for an Indirect Category Manager.
The role:
You will be balancing a variety of spend categories, managing multiple stakeholders.
Main responsibilities:
- Control of the sourcing strategy for a selected group of indirect commodities.
- Identify, benchmark, and select new suppliers to deliver your sourcing strategy.
- Manage an established global network of suppliers and contracts to deliver against challenging project schedules.
- Establish contracts and framework agreements to ensure security of supply and delivery of improvements against KPIs.
- Identify alternative sources to reduce supply costs and improve quality.
- Implement and progress effective supplier development plans, yielding tangible improvements.
- Co‑ordinate activities between the business and suppliers to improve performance aligned with operational and business priorities.
- Manage supplier performance, drawing on your experience and performance data to yield consistent improvements.
- Work with project teams to establish procurement requirements and ensure suppliers are managed to deliver against project milestones, specifications, and objectives.
Skills and Experience required:
- Specific indirect commodity management experience.
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment (preferably low volume / high mix).
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject would be advantageous.
- MCIPS qualifications would be advantageous.
- Working with Excel to compile and evaluate data will be an important aspect of your role.
- MS Office proficient - Word, Excel, Access, Project, Visio, PowerPoint.
- Managing change in the right way.
