Role : Senior Category Manager-Corporate Services Location : Farnborough(3 days/week) Duration : 6 months Rate : competitive Inside IR35 : Umbrella Corporate Services The Corporate Services Category has a spend of £100m across key categories including HR, Recruitment and Training, Professional Services, Legal, Marketing and Communications, Freight, Fleet and Travel. This role directly supports People which is a key Global Group Function. Key Responsibilities Build and maintain strategic relationships with senior stakeholders, driving early engagement to influence business planning and ensure alignment with organisational priorities Own, develop and execute category strategies for HR, Recruitment and Training, using market insights and data to challenge existing approaches and maximize value Lead complex sourcing activity, including the design of sourcing strategies, competitive tenders, and negotiation of high-value contracts Identify and manage category-specific risks, including supply resilience, geopolitical, financial and sustainability considerations Support stakeholders to drive Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) across key contracts to ensure performance, innovation and value realisation from strategic partnerships Support the Finance and Business Systems transformation, including transition from SAP Ariba to Oracle Fusion and establishment of a mature Source-to-Pay model Key Person Attributes Communicates complex commercial and strategic concepts clearly and confidently adapting style to suit senior stakeholders Aligns diverse stakeholders behind shared objectives Confident decision-maker, balancing commercial, operational and risk considerations to drive the best outcomes in ambiguous or dynamic environments and collaborates x-functionally to achieve this Builds collaborative and trusted relationships with stakeholders and suppliers Demonstrates resilience and adaptability during transformation Role-models integrity, accountability and a growth mindset Proactively improves processes, challenges existing ways of working and contributes to Supply Chain and Procurement functional development