Your new companyWe are seeking a Senior Category Manager to provide leadership and direction across key categories, ensuring optimal supply market management, contract execution, and innovative sourcing strategies.
Your new role
Lead strategic sourcing activities across IT software, hardware, professional services, audio-visual, and telecommunications to deliver optimal business outcomes.
Drive procurement strategy at both the organisational and local levels, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Develop detailed spend models, including Total Cost of Ownership and risk modelling, leveraging analytical, evaluation, and research expertise.
Oversee large-scale category and sourcing projects, including multi-stakeholder buying arrangements.
Engage with industry forums, suppliers, and stakeholders to influence best practices within the category.
Lead cross-functional teams in complex agreement evaluations, ensuring strategic alignment and efficiency.
Provide expert guidance in commercial negotiations, coaching procurement staff and optimising contract value while minimising risk.
Develop bespoke agreements to support emerging business needs and evolving procurement landscapes.
Proactively manage commercial, contractual, operational, financial, ethical, reputational, and supply chain risks, ensuring robust risk allocation in contracts.
Strengthen stakeholder relationships through leadership and influencing skills, supporting procurement excellence across the organisation.
What you'll need to succeed
Proven track record in leading strategic sourcing activities across IT software, hardware, professional services, audiovisual solutions, and telecommunications.
Skilled in developing comprehensive spend models, including Total Cost of Ownership and risk modelling, to inform decision-making.
Strong analytical, evaluation, and research capabilities, with extensive experience in assessing business needs and supply markets.
Expertise in leading large-scale sourcing initiatives and managing complex categories or projects, including multi-stakeholder buying arrangements.
Active participation in industry forums, supplier networks, and customer collaborations to drive category innovation.
Experience in leading cross-functional teams through the evaluation of complex agreements involving multiple stages, criteria, and stakeholders.
Ability to lead complex procurement negotiations, coaching and guiding procurement teams in negotiation techniques and strategies.
Proven success in negotiating high-value agreements across complex categories, delivering enhanced value and minimising risk.
Demonstrated leadership in managing and influencing stakeholders, fostering collaboration between users and suppliers.
Ability to coach and mentor procurement staff, driving operational excellence and improved procurement outcomes.
What you'll get in return
Flexible working from home policy
Work within a supportive and motivated team
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What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Samantha Boys now on 92544556.
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