Main characteristics
- Location
- Tadley, Hampshire
- Company
- Spinwell Global Limited
- Employment type
- Contract
- Category
- Public Sector
Job summary
Role: Category Manager REF 75530Contract Length: 18 months
Location: Aldermaston
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: BPSS
Spinwell is recruiting for a Category Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CATEGORY MANAGER
* Consistently demonstrating positive behaviours in line with the company's environmental, sustainability, safety, health, security, quality and ethics standards.
* Category Management:
* Develop, implement and drive Category Strategy to deliver cost effective category solutions and business models for assigned categories.
* Supplier base management and supplier classification (Preferred Supplier List PSL), securing competition in the supplier base.
* Implement ways of working according to client Category Management Framework including the delivery of Category targets and KPIs for assigned group of spend categories.
* Business Intelligence, suppliers benchmark and market insight to support category development.
* The Category Manager, with the sub-category Team, is responsible for securing and tracking cost reduction, contract management and continuity of Supply Chain.
* Strategic Sourcing:
* Prepare & execute the RFx process in collaboration with stakeholders including supplier evaluation and selection, supplier negotiations (costs and contract).
* Contribute to the long-term business ensuring competitive initial cost and total cost development in the product and service life cycle and maintenance of the specific supplier contract for products and services.
* Supplier Relationship Management:
* Suppliers segmented and managed (quality, performance, risk) in accordance with the client Supplier Relationship Management Framework.
* Monitor and mitigate supplier risks (including CoC, Environmental & Health and Safety as well as dependency on client and client dependency on the supplier), make corrective action plans for the identified risks.
* Supplier Strategies for key suppliers within assigned group of spend categories.
* Stakeholders Collaboration:
* Secure stakeholders involvement and participation in category strategies, sourcing activities and supplier relationship management activities and share SCM category strategies, PSL, supplier performance etc
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE CATEGORY MANAGER
* Someone to support senior category managers (end to end major procurements)
* Implement and develop procurement strategies.
* End to end procurement process.
* Working as part of a team to work through the major procurement infrastructure projects (Smaller to medium)
* NEC experience would be preferrable.
* Strong stakeholder management skills at all levels
* In procurement rather than delivery space
* Infrastructure / Construction
If you are a Category Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.
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