Category Manager

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A global beauty company is seeking an experienced IT Category Manager to enhance procurement processes. Responsibilities include strategic sourcing for IT hardware, managing supplier relationships, and driving continuous improvement in procurement. The ideal candidate has proven IT procurement experience, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders. This role offers a hybrid working model and various employee benefits including generous holidays and wellness programs.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Inclusive parental leave policy

Pension and life assurance

Wellness benefits

Pet-friendly workplace

Generous product discount

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT procurement within a dynamic, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across functions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for IT hardware and software.
• Collaborate with IT, Legal, Finance, and other departments to define requirements.
• Lead supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract finalisation.

Skills

IT procurement experience

Digital/Performance Marketing contracts

Contract negotiation

Supplier relationship management

Strategic thinking

Commercial acumen

Tools

Procurement systems

Analytics tools

Job description

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.

Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.

Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the brand is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

About the role
We are seeking an experienced and highly organised indirect IT Category Manager to join our team. As an IT procurement Manager, you will play a crucial role in streamlining our IT procurement process, ensuring cost-effectiveness, and strategic sourcing. You will collaborate with various departments to understand various IT requirements, including Digital Marketing, evaluate supplier options, negotiate contracts, and ensure timely delivery of goods and services.

As a IT Category Manager you will
Strategic Sourcing & Category Management

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for IT hardware, software, including Digital Marketing, SaaS, and services.
• Maintain a forward-looking IT category plan aligned with business and technology roadmaps.

Innovation & Value Creation

• Apply a strategic mindset to identify and implement innovative procurement solutions that enhance our IT capabilities.
• Drive continuous improvement and challenge the status quo to unlock new opportunities.

Savings Delivery & Financial Insight

• Demonstrate strong understanding of savings types (e.g. cost avoidance, cost reduction, value-add).
• Track and report savings performance against targets, ensuring alignment with finance and budget owners.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with IT, Legal, Finance, and other departments to define requirements and priorities.
• Support cross-functional initiatives such as Order Management Systems, Legal Management Systems, and Source-to-Contract platforms.

Supplier & Contract Management

• Lead supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract finalisation.
• Manage service levels, performance reviews, and risk mitigation strategies.

Sustainability & Compliance

• Promote ethical sourcing and sustainable procurement practices.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.

About you

• Proven experience in IT procurement within a dynamic, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Experience in Digital/Performance Marketing contracts.
• Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking.
• Deep understanding of procurement levers and savings methodologies.
• Skilled in contract negotiation and supplier relationship management.
• Familiarity with procurement systems and analytics tools.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across functions.

Why join us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
• We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Bring your furry friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

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