CRE & Operation Category Manager - Professional Services

Role: Real Estate & Operations Category Manager

Firm: UK leading professional services firm

Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 + Package

Location: London

Contact: Tabitha - JobsTH@bramwithconsulting.co.uk

This organisation have been running for over 40 years and are now a UK leading professional services firm based out of central London. As their business grows year on year they are looking to continuously add to their highly successful, and valued procurement function. This role is a Real Estate & Operations Category Manager role, reporting directly into the Head of Procurement, and having 5+ direct reports.

Role responsibilities:

• You will play a critical role of managing the company's existing corporate real estate spend (£150-200M) per annum
• Work closely the senior stakeholders to create and deliver a strategic category strategy to run in line with business objectives
• Work with existing suppliers, managing all performances but work with new suppliers across the EMEA region, conducting a full onboarding process with your team of 5
• Manage a team of 5 - from buyers to junior category managers

Key experience required:

• Experienced within a corporate real estate, or facilities background
• Experience in operations - security, cash banking, risk
• Ability to lead and navigate a team and sucessful juniors
• Proven success in strategy roll-out
• A background ideally with; financial services, professional services, corporate real estate, construction, or relevant
• Full UK right to work - happy to travel into London 1-2 days a week

If you would like to hear more on this role then please send an email to Tabitha - JobsTH@bramwithconsulting and she will be in touch.

Key words: category manager, procurement, real estate procurement, facilities, FM, operations, supply chain, SRM, supplier management, financial services, professional services, construction, operations risk, London, MCIPS, CIPS, sourcing, strategic sourcing