Principal Category Manager - Projects, Asset & Operations
West Midlands - Hybrid working
Accountable for delivery of the capital procurement strategy programme of projects, as well as leading the operations and asset category teams. Create strategic procurement plans for the delivery of financial and non-financial value improvements in the delivery of the capital programme of works.
You will have overall accountability for the quality of work delivered by the capital, operations and asset Procurement team and will have to set and maintain high standards, and will work closely with the business to align outcomes and deliverables to priorities ensuring external market insight and engagement is leveraged and applied to category and project strategies. Within the operations and assets categories savings delivered, value generated, stakeholder satisfaction, demand management and visibility will be critical.
Responsibilities:
Lead the capital Procurement, operations and asset teams, develop talent and manage performance through coaching, guidance and regular reviews, continually assessing capability of the team
Continually track the supply market, keeping abreast of developments, trends, risks and opportunities, ensuring the teams are continually engaging with existing and potential suppliers and ahead of external market factors
Define and keeping up to date category strategies for the operations and asset categories
Lead and help govern the team, providing directio...