Overview
Global Category Manager – Freight and Logistics. Location: Kidlington, Oxfordshire (Hybrid). Salary: Up to £70k p.a. & pension & 25 days holiday. Our client, a UK based company, is a leading global provider of essential components and solutions, focusing on the manufacture and distribution of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded and metal items serving a global network of 28 countries. The Global Category Manager, Freight & Logistics will be a highly astute commercial procurement professional who takes stewardship of global spend. This is a hands-on role with real opportunity to develop how Freight and Logistics spend is managed across the organisation. Our client seeks individuals who enjoy working as part of a close team, are passionate about what they do, and strive to make a difference. They like to innovate and improve processes.
Responsibilities
* Developing and delivering a strategic vision for Freight and Logistics, managing the Category across multiple Sites & Business units.
* Establish and manage key supplier relationships including the development, negotiation, and management of contracts.
* Run value for money decision making through spend leverage, cost benchmarking and through the negotiation of favourable terms, particularly ensuring that standard payment terms are achieved.
* Establishing and then managing a structured supplier development programme within Freight and Logistics and across Procurement globally to drive incremental value, manage risk and assure quality.
* Embed global Procurement function's process and governance policies, working with procurement centre of excellence to improve processes and adoption through global freight & logistic spend globally.
* Manage and ensure compliance of all new supplier setup across the category, ensuring robust approvals are in place, ensuring contracts and compliance are fully set up.
* Execute value for money decision making by exercising all value levers and using fact-based recommendations.
* Lead sourcing and procurement activities that are driven with a global perspective to maximise leverage and overall effectiveness of supply at global, regional and local levels.
* Drive step change across the organisation, and, in partnership between Procurement, operational leadership and strategic suppliers, mature Freight and Logistics procurement.
* Support the delivery of wider procurement and corporate ESG and sustainability goals.
* Develop, implement and manage the make vs buy strategy and policy for Freight, Warehousing and Logistics globally.
* Deliver a Global Spend Category analysis, supporting regional business units whilst developing global strategy and decision making.
* Establish reports, category updates and communicate to key stakeholders, influencing and supporting the team in delivering saving initiatives.
* Support wider procurement & supply chain initiatives not limited to Freight & Logistics spend where necessary.
* Work closely with post-acquisition companies to transition the Freight and Logistics supply base into the organisation; ensuring that benefits, costs and other synergies are captured.
* Look to reduce carbon footprint and emissions and identify sustainable solutions across the freight and logistics category.
Required skills & experience
* Procurement experience within a global category role.
* Relevant category experience.
* Experience working within a complex private sector multi-national business.
* Result orientated with the ability to present results in a structured and professional manner.
* Strong project management skills.
* Commercial acumen and ability to influence business colleagues and leaders.
* Strong analytical skills and evidenced use of data to drive informed decision-making.
* Cost reduction experience and evidence.
* Team player with customer service focus.
* Manufacturing experience - desirable.
* Procurement transformation experience - desirable.
* Experience managing business critical suppliers - desirable.
* Degree educated or equivalent - desirable.
* SPECIALIST Sourcing Qualification (CIPS) - desirable.
What we offer
* Attractive Salary.
* Discretionary Annual Bonus, Up to 5% matched pension contribution, 4x annual salary life assurance, Personal medical cover, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
* Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme, Employee discounts platform, Eyecare Vouchers, Cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme.
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