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Senior Category Manager

Employer
Beaumont Select
Location
Brighton, East Sussex
Salary
£59k + benefits & flexi working
Closing date
15 Feb 2022

Job Details

Senior Category Manager - Capital Delivery opportunity. Our client is preparing for significant major project spend over the coming years, and is looking to recruit a Senior Category Manager to manage commercial activity and deliver category strategies.

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Category Manager to join the major capital projects team within the Procurement and Commercial Function at a major Utilities provider in the South East.

Are you Performance and delivery orientated, able to lead, motivate and empower others to reach goals, improve and develop their performance?  You will be setting, defining, and implementing strategies and tactics; managing conflict resolution and objection handling using your ability to influence at all levels?

Our clients Category Management discipline strategically and proactively manages category spending and supply sourcing in alignment with value management strategies and demand profiles to optimise total cost of ownership. The Senior Category Manager acts as the Procurement Business Partner for one or more Directorate and/or functions, managing the development and implementation of category and sourcing strategies for a specified range of categories. The Senior Category Manager will manage all associated commercial activity to achieve value creation and minimise total cost of ownership. 
 

Senior Category Manager Skills and Experience:

  • Solid experience of sourcing and category management and people leadership
  • Experience of working in a regulated procurement environment (UCR)
  • Knowledge and experience of working with leading-practice tools, techniques and processes covering category strategy development
  • Proven experience of leading a strategic purchasing team of category managers within a cross functional business
  • Robust project management and planning experience
  • In-depth category experience, market knowledge and subject matter expert for at least one of the below categories:

              o Capital Delivery

              o Asset purchase and hire (process & hire)

              o Indirect (IT, telecoms, HR, professional services,facilities & business services

              o Operational service delivery

 

  • Microsoft Office suite including advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint
  • Recognised qualification in procurement e.g. CIPS or equivalent
  • Good working knowledge of e-procurement tools (e.g. Ariba, Coupa, Tradeshift, Jaggaer etc.)


Flexible working is offered with this opportunity.
 

 

 

Please use the site buttons to Apply.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity, please call Karen Laker on +44 (0)1403 248448
 

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Beaumont Select is a leading Supply Chain & Purchasing Recruitment Agency for permanent and interim staffing solutions. We support a primarily blue-chip client base, in the provision of experienced Supply Chain & Purchasing Professionals; successfully resolving their Purchasing Recruitment demands. We have a proven track record in purchasing recruitment and are a leading purchasing recruitment agency.  Complying with the BERR Beaumont Select are an Employment Agency and an Employment Business
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Company

Beaumont Select is a specialist Procurement, Supply Chain & Vendor Management Recruitment Agency, we match talented Permanent and Interim Procurement Professionals with great jobs in many of the World's Leading Companies.

We have an enviable track record of matching highly talented Procurement and Supply Chain professionals with exceptional Procurement, Supply Chain & Vendor Management jobs in FTSE100/250, Fortune 500 and other major name organisations. We work with Clients and Candidates throughout the UK, Europe and Worldwide.

Our highly committed and experienced Consultancy Team has grown organically year on year, by providing a detailed, highly professional and personal approach, matching talent supply chain professionals to many of the best opportunities within the purchasing, supply chain and vendor management disciplines. This success has been built on the passion and determination of every single team member at Beaumont Select, in conjunction with innovative use of marketing & technology, attention to detail and above all a commitment to provide an outstanding Client and Candidate service.

We are Certified Members of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and are ISO9001:2015 Quality certified for the provision of permanent and interim recruitment solutions worldwide.

Whether you are looking for a new career challenge; need to source experienced procurement, supply chain or vendor management professionals, or want advice on the current recruitment market, the Beaumont Select team would like to speak to you.

Company info
Telephone
01403 248 448
Location
West Point
Springfield Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 2PD
GB

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