Procurement Category Manager - Corporate Services

Procurement Category Manager – Corporate Services | £75,000 to £83,000 | 20% bonus | full corporate benefits package | London – 2 days in the office per week | A market leader who monopolise their market

A brand new role working within a large and growing indirect category management team, for a business who truly lead the market in their industry, who are continuing their growth and success. One role is a brand new role due to growth and one role is due to an internal promotion.

You'll be reporting into the Head of Category - Corporate Services, in a large team where you will have genuine opportunity to progress within the business.

Category areas: Professional Services, HR, Marketing, Travel, FM, Utilities and Outsourcing

Role and responsibilities

• Create corporate strategies through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
• Review new and existing contracts to identify and mitigate risks
• Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
• Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
• Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
• Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
• On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency

Experience and requirements

• Proven end to end procurement across a broad range of indirect and corporate categories
• Strong contracts experience, understanding risk, SLA's and Contractual terms
• As well as having some more generalist Indirect category management
• Private sector procurement experience, ideally working for a global business
• Previous experience working on complex global projects, dealing with Tier 1 suppliers of significant values
• Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
• A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
• Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries
• Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
• MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential