About the Role
As a Category Manager, you will be responsible for managing the sourcing and procurement processes related to the Facilities procurement category. This includes managing the tender process, understanding and analysing category spend patterns and development of a category strategy.
The Facilities category is made up of spend, contracts and suppliers relating to goods and services procured on behalf of our Facilities Team, which sits under the Estates, Facilities and Capital Development Directorate. This includes key products and services, such as the cleaning of our campus buildings and facilities, campus food and beverage outlets and provisions, building maintenance, staff uniforms and many more.
Key Skills & Experiences
Experience of achieving value for money and service improvement is expected. You will have some experience of stakeholder engagement and have skills in influencing others to achieve a goal. It would be desirable if you had prior knowledge of routes to the supplier market and procurement processes. Analytical thinking and reporting experience is expected.
Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) membership would be an advantage.
Key Responsibilities
As a Category Manager you will play a key role in ensuring that the University achieves value for money on purchases and contracts, considering cost, quality and sustainability, whilst ensuring procurement best practise is followed.
To learn more about this exciting opportunity and benefits we offer, please read the JD and Candidate Pack provided below.
Assessment Process