Location
Birmingham | United Kingdom
Job description
We are looking to hire a Category Manager to join the procurement team. The successful placeholder will proactively coordinate and manage procurement activity, maximising savings and value for money, for a range of assigned spend categories & projects.
The role will consist of but not be limited to:
- Develop effective relationships with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
- Conduct market analysis to recommend supply market approach.
- Understand supplier and market trends to determine leverage opportunities.
- Analyse spend data to identify cost saving opportunities.
- Support stakeholder specification generation, commercial and pricing terms and contract management process.
- Manage full tender lifecycle via supplier portal (In-tend).
- Management of category contracts to maximise consolidation benefits.
- Manage forward procurement plan for category contracts identify aggregation opportunities, and to plan the implementation of contracts on a timely basis to ensure compliance.
- Monitor supplier spend and manage performance throughout contract life.
- Maintain accurate and real-time data for transparency and reporting.
- Identify operational /process improvement opportunities.
- Deliver support and guidance as required to ensure optimum performance of team.
- Provide internal training to stakeholders as required.
Job tags
Salary
£40k - £43k per annum
