Procurement Category Manager
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Description - Procurement Category Manager (24416)
Job Description
Procurement Category Manager - ( 24416 )
Description
Procurement Category Manager
Newcastle upon Tyne, hybrid working with minimum 2 days per week in our city centre head office
Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw)
Salary circa £44,000 negotiable based on skills and experience, and great benefits including Health Cash Plan!
Home, a place where you belong
We're looking for an established public sector procurement professional to join us, and help us deliver on our strategy across a range of our critical categories of spend.
You're a key player in advancing the Procurement team, delivering a 'Best in Class' service for our stakeholders. As our procurement expert you'll innovate, shape and execute strategies that deliver genuine business value.
Typical day as a Procurement Category Manager
- Concentrate on minimising and optimising external expenditure whilst ensuring adherence to procurement guidelines.
- Develop, implement and lead on category strategies and tender processes for high value, complex spend categories.
- Cultivate and manage relationships with our major suppliers, key stakeholders, and internal departments, driving performance and improvements. You deliver great operational performance and foster collaboration throughout.
- Identify and leverage opportunities for Home Group’s customers, through the provision of products and services established through Procurement contracts.
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for a top 10 Great Place to Work Employer!
You bring
- Extensive experience of leading sourcing and tendering within a public sector organisation. You have led and delivered optimal sourcing strategies and solutions for high value complex categories.
- Extensive experience in category management, PCR2015, and ideally JCT. It’s also important that you’re confident in using market research to influence stakeholders and outcomes
- Commercially focussed with strong negotiation and influencing skills to deliver great outcomes with partners and stakeholders.
- An awareness of the latest e-procurement tools, and ideally hold your CIPS qualification.
- Strong customer focus, placing customers and social value at the core of your approach.
- It would be great if you have worked with categories like repairs and Maintenance and/or Corporate Services or have a desire to look after this type of category.
- It’s also important that you have some basic understanding of contract law.
Our team
Do you want to know more about us.....we are a brilliant team of 17.Our Head of Procurement, Monica has recently joined the team, and knows what it’s like to be the new one.Like Monica you’ll discover we’re a supportive bunch who really know our stuff and love welcoming new colleagues!
Job details
- We work a Monday to Friday and do 2 days a week in our office in Newcastle upon Tyne.
- We expect this to be a full-time role but are open to considering suggestions of alternative work patterns. Let us know at interview what you are looking for.
- You’ll manage your own diary, so if you need to nip out to walk the dog or do the school run, we’re ok with that!
A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work !
What’s in it for you?
- 34 days leave (includes bank holidays and a me day to use when you want!) increasing to 39, and 2 days annually for volunteering too!
- Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
- Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
- We're Investors in People Platinum employer, a Great Place to Work 1 st for women and 10 th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing”
- We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
- Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary. Explore our full range of benefits on our website.
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