Senior Category Manager

Role: Senior Category Manager for Professional Services

Organisation: Leading Utilities Organisation

Location: Hybrid working, 2 days working from state-of-the-art office in Reading

Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 plus excellent package

Contact: Ellie - 0207 138 4100 or jobsEM@bramwithconsulting.co.uk

This leading utilities organisation have recently restructured and they are investing in hiring ambitious and driven procurement professionals to ensure they keep their best-in-class reputation. They have an open and honest culture and want you to advocate for changes within the procurement function to ensure they have a more developed approach. You will be responsible for managing professional services categories including legal, finance and consultancy, and will oversee reducing spend or driving commercial value in line with the organisation's goals.

Senior Category Manager for Professional Services Responsibilities:

• You will be using your previous SRM experience to strengthen supplier relationships within the Professional Services category
• You will be responsible for driving commercial value within the Professional Services category and the procurement function as a whole
• Strategic planning and ensuring you are aligned with the organisation's goals for sustainability
• After a recent restructuring they want innovative and creative professionals who will seek to implement change and development within the procurement function
• You will autonomy to develop processes and align with the goals of the organisation within professional services

Senior Category Manager for Professional Services Key Requirements:

• Experience in managing categories across indirects will be ideal in this role
• Being adaptable and agile would be beneficial to your success in this role as you will have numerous procurement project responsibilities at once
• The ideal candidate is ambitious with a desire to grow and develop in a challenging and everchanging environment

This is a flexible hybrid role with occasional travel to the offices in Reading and if you desired you would be able to work in the Reading Office.

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