Public Sector Category Manager
- Employer
- Portfolio Procurement
- Location
- Essex
- Salary
- £48,000-£53,000
- Closing date
- 22 Feb 2025
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- Specialist Area
- Procurement, Category management
- Job Level
- Manager
- Sector
- Public Sector
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- CIPS Membership
- CIPS member
Job Details
Portfolio Procurement are recruiting for a Public Sector Category Manager for our client based in Essex.
The role will be to develop and implement specific category strategies across major categories of spend. Develop, execute, implement, and deliver strategic sourcing and supplier management strategies and plans within these categories.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Undertaking all associated commercial activity to achieve value creation and minimise total cost of ownership.
* To deliver the full sourcing life cycle, from strategy creation and execution (supplier qualification, assessment, selection, and contract award) through to implementation and contract and supplier management.
* To develop working relationships across the organisation that allow the early involvement of Procurement in any external third party spend for the relevant categories, identification of procurement and organisation initiatives and development of collaborative working.
* Support the delivery of innovation and cost reduction to the organisation through commercial best practice, contract assurance, supplier relationship management strategies, volume leverage, total cost management, demand challenge, process efficiency/compliance and external benchmarking of best practice.
Experience :
* MCIPS or equivalent qualification
* Must have experience of public sector tendering and implementing new commercial relationships cross functional and organisation boundaries and a quantifiable track record of savings delivery and awareness of change implementation.
* Understanding of application of leading category management practices including strategic sourcing, strategic purchasing tools, contract management and supplier management within a public sector procurement environment
* Understanding of category management and evidence of category specific achievements
Company
Established in 2012, Portfolio Procurement specialise in the recruitment of talent within procurement, supply chain, sourcing, analysis, category management, SRM, leadership and transformation across permanent, interim, and fixed term appointments for in-house procurement teams, outsourced providers, and consultancies.
We are truly specialist, knowledgeable and well-networked. We have an extensive talent pool built over years of relationship development, and we are committed to identifying the highest calibre of talent for your unique business requirements.
Offering a highly tailored approach to our recruitment service, we focus on the broad spectrum of direct & in-direct and have experience hiring across multiple industries, and for a range of businesses including global entities, FTSE 250, consultancies, SMEs and the NHS, charities & not-for-profit organisations.
We are the #1 rated Recruitment Agency on Trustpilot with an excellent 5* star rating for our first-class service and we are committed to adding value to your recruitment process. We will work alongside both hiring managers and/or your HR, recruitment or talent teams to support your business with hiring exceptional talent in the market.
Call us on 020 7650 3191 to discuss your job search or recruitment needs, alternatively email us on recruitment@portfolioprocurement.com
- Website
- http://www.portfolioprocurement.com/
- Telephone
- 0207 650 3191
- Location
-
1 Finsbury Square
London
london
EC2A 1AE
United Kingdom
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