Category Manager

Your new role

Reporting directly to the Group Category Manager you will work closely with the supply chain and category stakeholders to develop new and manage existing arrangements for the Temporary Traffic Management category. This is a strategic category that is needed for practically every piece of improvement work on the strategic road network. Your role is to shape and support improvement in how this critical part of our supply chain delivers.

Using your relationship and influencing skills, your role will be to capture changes in the market place and use that knowledge to shape how Highways England leverages the best possible value from the assigned category and realises opportunities for performance improvement and supply chain innovation. This is a great opportunity to work with stakeholders from across our business and the supply chain to make a difference in how we maintain and improve the Strategic Road Network.

What you'll be leading on

* Developing specific plans to deliver Highways England wide category management strategy within the Temporary Traffic Management and related categories
* Managing and building effective relationships with key internal and supply chain stakeholders to promote and support the embedment of category strategy arrangements and initiatives (including frameworks)
* Identifying and managing category product risks that impact performance and delivery, and ensure that Corporate Governance is maintained at all times
* Working with wider Commercial, Procurement and Supply Chain teams to develop appropriate procurement approach for assigned category area
* Actively identifying and driving opportunities for innovation with category stakeholders within assigned category and apply best practice that meets strategic objectives (e.g. improved safety, customer experience, etc.)
* Building team capabilities and ensure talent development is achieved by coaching, guiding and providing timely feedback to the team members to drive performance improvement

To be successful

* You will have demonstrable experience of working in a Commercial, Procurement and/or Supply Chain environment, with a best practise working knowledge of the procurement lifecycle
* You will have the ability to operate strategically and at times tactically where appropriate
* You have a wide breadth of industry knowledge with the drive to seek out changes in the market and sector insights to inform strategy
* You are a natural at managing multiple projects with an awareness of risk management
* You actively build, maintain and nurture relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders and use these and your knowledge to effectively influence change and improvement

A bit about us

There's never been a better time to join our Commercial and Procurement team.

We're a growing, vibrant team helping to drive the most ambitious roads investment programme our country has ever seen. You'll be involved in the design of our modern, progressive contracts and helping to maximise the outcomes of these supply chain relationships. We support our delivery teams and suppliers to build on every opportunity to ensure that our customers and road workers get home safe and well every day while travelling or working on our road network.

Want to know more?

Please review the role profile to find out more.

Interviews for this role are expected to take place in April 2019.

Why you should join us

At Highways England we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.

And finally

And finally we reserve the right to close before the advertised closing date, so we recommend completing your application as soon as possible.