Category Manager
- Employer
- Procurement Heads
- Location
- GU22 7AE, Woking
- Salary
- £50-60,000 + private medical + pension + life assurance + flexible benefits
- Closing date
- 10 Nov 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Category Manager
- Sector
- Automotive
- Function
- Manager
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
A Surrey-based business is seeking a Category Manager to manage a team of three and run full end to end category management activities.
Reporting to the Head of Commercial, the Category Manager role is an exciting and unique opportunity to join a team known for pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo. The business is undergoing a transformation and rapid growth in response to the success of its critically acclaimed global products.
This role of Category Manager will provide excellent commercial support and guidance to the team, allowing them to perform in a demanding and perfection driven industry.
As Category Manager your key duties and responsibilities will include:
- Act as liaison between the business and suppliers, ensuring stakeholder requirements and concerns are fully understood and ensure these are fed back during the appropriate stages to the suppliers.
- Work cross-functionally with stakeholder departments to drive quality, service and commercial rigour into every aspect of our business.
- Manage a category team of three to ensure the delivery of team objectives and personal objectives.
- Accountability & delivery of commercial cost management and cost-saving targets.
- Full procurement life-cycle responsibility and autonomy for sourcing of high quality, value for money goods and services, utilising robust and objective sourcing processes
- Maintain & develop where appropriate SRM processes with suppliers to build long term relationships and synergies based upon common goals
- The setting of clear objectives and monitor the performance of suppliers and other functions within the organisation.
Skills and experience required:
It is desired the successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:
- Cross category procurement experience
- Demonstrated ability to lead negotiations and support in the development of negotiation strategies for large and complex projects and contracts.
- Strong leadership qualities and excellent influencing and interpersonal skills. Happy to challenge authority.
- Excellent organisational skills, deadline adherence and exceptional attention to accuracy and detail.
- Excellent written and presentational skills.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Ability to understand complex and abstract concepts (legal, technical and/or commercial) and being able to present the information in an informative and simplified manner; such that key decisions can be made quickly and objectively.
- Able to demonstrate a methodical approach to problem-solving.
- Ability to prioritise a demanding workload and manage stakeholders accordingly.
- Strong numerical ability.
- Strong communicator/influencer.
Benefits of the Category Manager role include:
- £50-60,000
- Private medical
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Flexible benefits
Company
Procurement Heads is all about getting to know great Procurement Professionals and bringing them together to make outstanding Procurement teams.
With a proven track record of delivery, we support people through the life-cycle of their careers, providing an end-to-end consultative service. We partner with many prominent brands and organisations, sourcing Procurement talent using industry-leading tools and techniques. Focussed and proactive, our methodology provides a comprehensive assessment of your needs and tailors solutions to meet them. The ability to identify and attract the best people across all sectors, often involves us designing and managing bespoke campaigns.
Our purpose...
To deliver recruitment as a professional service.
We engage with leaders across procurement, HR and executive functions to make their organisations successful. More than just a recruitment company, we provide a suite of talent solutions tailored to your business needs.
Our values
Rewarding relationships
For us, it’s personal. Relationships are pivotal to our existence and we place great value on their development. We encourage collaboration through our unique referral scheme ‘The Heads Up’ and are driven by a desire to build deep long-standing partnerships. Our goal is to act as an ambassador for the teams and individuals we support.
Exceeding expectations
More than just a recruitment company, we engage with leaders to deliver the unexpected when it comes to sourcing talent. Going beyond ‘filling the role’, we advise, challenge, champion and are innovative in the value-add solutions we provide.
Doing the right thing
Doing the right thing is not difficult. Knowing what the right thing is, that’s where we come in. Everyone has a responsibility for the choices they make. We pledge to lead the way by championing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and Sustainability.
Our team of experienced Procurement consultants are on hand to support you with your Procurement career.
Address: The Corner, Gordon Rd, Winchester SO23 7DD
Tel: 01962 869 838
Website: https://www.procurementheads.com/
- Website
- http://www.procurementheads.com/
- Telephone
- 01962 869 838
- Location
-
Heads Resourcing Group,
West Wing, Ground Floor,
Burlington House, Hedge End
Southampton
Hampshire
SO30 2AF
United Kingdom
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