Job Title: Global Category Manager for Meetings & Events Location: Luton – Horizon Salary: Competitive
Introduction
Are you ready to shape the future of sourcing and procurement? As a Global Category Manager for Meetings & Events, you'll develop and implement long‑term sourcing strategies that align with corporate goals and maximize cost‑effectiveness. You'll drive excellence and innovation in procurement processes. With a growth mindset and a knack for strategic thinking, you'll ensure our sourcing needs are met while fostering strong supplier relationships.
Accountabilities
* Develop and execute the global category strategy aligned to business priorities and cost targets. Partner with the business and other procurement colleagues to input into the strategy. Advise on and drive procurement strategy ensuring procurement processes are in line with organizational objectives.
* Drive execution of the strategy through your own internal team and enabling partners to realise the value to the business.
* Work with Procurement’s Sourcing and Contracting Team to deliver strategic sourcing initiatives, negotiations, and contract management. Coach the sourcing and contracting team to build a pipeline for future category management roles and act as overflow for sourcing and contracting requirements when needed.
* Manage strategic supplier relationships and drive performance, innovation, and value delivery.
* Partner with global and regional stakeholders to understand needs and ensure procurement solutions support business objectives. Lead, define, and gain approval of business needs and translate these needs into specific resource requirements. Develop senior‑level contacts to resolve issues, optimise business performance, and develop future improvement opportunities.
* Deliver savings, cost avoidance, sustainable supply chain and efficiency improvements across the category as well as other company and function values that arise. Ensure all required platforms for reporting are >99% accurate and up to date monthly.
* Monitor market trends, supplier risk, and opportunities to strengthen the supply base.
* Ensure procurement policies, processes, and governance frameworks are followed across the category. Ensure 100% adoption of all procurement tools.
* Proficient in data analysis to tell stories through data to leadership.
* Plan, manage, and control overall allocation of resources.
* Recruit, define goals, set, and manage performance standards for a multi‑functional team able to deliver procurement projects to time, cost, and quality standards.
* Lead a multi‑disciplinary team defining and achieving procurement efficiency and work standards and associated procedures, to ensure the assets meet business needs and satisfy external regulators.
* Coach and develop professional aspects of procurement team members.
Essential Skills / Experience
* Degree in business or other related area.
* Strong experience in procurement category for Meetings & Events.
* Thorough knowledge of pharmaceutical industry.
* Expertise in at least one area of procurement and knowledge of several others.
* Communication skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
* Strong skills in navigating risk and ambiguous situations.
Desirable Skills / Experience
* Travel category experience.
* COUPA experience.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.
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