Group Procurement Category Manager

Job Description

Butler Rose is working alongside one of our leading large manufacturing clients based in Stevenage who have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Group Procurement Category Manager to join their team. This is a hybrid role and will be paying salary up to circa £65,000 depending on experience.

You will manage the suppliers to deliver innovation and performance to the business. Your duties will include
* Work with your customers as a business partner to understand expectations for the category and develop a keen understanding of the needs for mid term systems development and production.
* Develop an extensive knowledge of your supplier market and handle market risks and opportunities to support Client business.
* Assess the current performance of the category, identifying and addressing the gaps with the business needs and performance expectations.
* Develop your category strategy and a full strategic execution plan to achieve the objectives of this category, gaining key collaborator sign off.
* Source new products and own the prospection, evaluation and approval of new suppliers.
* Negotiate and coordinate the execution of frame contracts with suppliers.
* Support the buyers to run the competitions, negotiations in conformance with the strategy and to deliver optimum value for the Business
* Be responsible for the supplier relationship to ensure their capability to fulfil the forecast demand and to improve on Time, on Cost, on Quality performance.
* Lead the supplier risks and the mitigation actions plan to support the Client roadmap.
* Support procurement cohesion across Client Group

Skills required:
* Ideally a CIPS qualified procurement professional with experience of direct procurement in high technology industrial companies.
* Previous experience of working collaboratively with international teams is a bonus.
* You will have previous experience of delivering a procurement category strategy and be able to work in partnership with colleagues and supplies to deliver results.

What our client can offer you:
* Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
* Pension of maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
* Annual salary review
* 25 days annual leave (plus holiday purchase)
* Fantastic site facilities, including subsidised meals, free car parking and more
* Excellent career progression and development opportunities

We can offer you a full insight and job description on applying, please dont delay with your application.

Please call or email Cerys Thirlwell for further information.

Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.