About the Role
Reporting into the Head of Category Management, the successful Category Managerwillbe responsible for the management and control for all local spend in the category cluster of circa £300-350m.You will also develop and implement best practice strategies to deliver value, innovation and cost savings to the business whilst managing risk.
We are looking for a Category Manager where previous category management experience in a Logistics category would be highly desirable and take preference over category management in other areas.
What you'll be doing
In this role, you as the successful Category Managerwill be carrying out the following duties and responsibilities (not exhaustive)
1. Proactively engaging and influencing stakeholders including Excom, CRH Category Cluster teams and local cross functional teams to deliver sourcing initiatives
2. Owning the Logistics category end-to-end including Sustainability, Innovation, SRM and Contract Management; driving contract compliance and long term value-add and innovation
3. Be seen in Tarmac as the subject matter expert in category knowledge and be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge & understanding of all areas of spend within the category cluster
4. Driving category cluster synergies across UK businesses and IRE cluster where applicable
5. Maximising th...