Category Manager

Our Procurement function (which manages over GBP650 million of external spend) is currently seeking a Category Manager to plan, drive and deliver collaboration and effective stakeholder management to embed and apply a best practice commercial approach to external and in-house spend, providing support and challenge across the Procurement lifecycle in order to deliver value for money outcomes.

As part of the Strategic Procurement team, you'll be a procurement professional with relevant public sector experience across a range of categories and with experience in managing high value and complex tenders. You'll be deployed to lead key initiatives, lead tender exercises for services and deliver transformational savings through a commercial best practice approach.

To be successful in this role you'll primarily have excellent stakeholder management skills and in-depth public sector strategic and operational procurement experience with knowledge of category management, sourcing methodologies and conflict resolution. The successful individual will have detailed working knowledge of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and demonstrate the ability to coach and advise team members through the complexities of public sector procurement.

What can we offer you?

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment. We can offer great flexible working options for this role as we've invested heavily in various technologies to support ongoing remote working options. This role can be partly carried out remotely but some office-based working will be required to support business needs.

Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance. We invest in you through our internal development programmes and training and offer a competitive salary and benefits package.