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Category Manager Directs

Employer
1st Executive
Location
England, Essex, Saffron Walden
Salary
£45000 - £65000 per annum
Closing date
26 Sep 2021

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Specialist Area
Buyer
Sector
Engineering
Function
Buyer
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Buyer/Procurement Professional with a manufacturing background to join a global organisation as an autonomous category Manger taking full category ownership from market analysis to contract delivery.

Proven experience with senior level stakeholder management will be key across high hazard manufacturing sites. Engagement with a variety of different stakeholders will be fundamental in achieving wider strategic goals.

Exposure within Chemicals Industry, Plastics, Polymers, Petro Chemicals, Material Science and Process engineering would be advantageous.

Pleas contact me today if you would lie to discuss the finer details of this opportunity.

Key Skills & Experience:

  • 5+ years' Procurement experience, with substantial exposure to Direct categories;Raw Material for manufacturing etc.
  • Thorough understanding of Procurement processes and full life cycle sourcing and category management, including opportunity and risk identification, with the ability to autonomously build and develop strategies, gain business alignment, and deliver against them.
  • Exposure to or experience with drafting and negotiating contracts, and managing supplier relationships and outcomes using MI, KPIs and SRM stratagems.
  • Degree educated / MCIPS accredited (desirable).

Company

1st Executive

1st Executive are the forefront of 'Search' within the Procurement sector operating UK & Europe wide. Our focus in in interim management and permanent recruitment ranging from Senior Buyers through CPO's

At 1st Executive we understand that businesses are driven by people. We work in partnership with our clients to ensure that they improve the performance of their organisation through the right people. Our clients are organisations who are widely regarded as the most attractive to work for in their sector, consisting of FTSE 100 / Global 500 organisations as well as dynamic , growing consultancies. They are diverse in their sectors, covering FMCG, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Technology to name a few.

Our approach is professional, knowledgeable and above all, successful. This is why we are the partnership of choice for many of the UK's most prestigious organisations when it comes to finding the right person for the job.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 84321 630 30
Location
Connaught House
Portsmouth Road
Ripley
Surrey
GU23 7JY
United Kingdom

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