Category Manager

Insight Executive Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

King's Facilities Management (KFM) is seeking an experienced Category Manager Corporate & Capital Procurement to own a delegated category portfolio and drive value across a complex healthcare organisation.

You will develop sourcing plans, lead competitive tenders, negotiate contracts and provide commercial advice from scoping through to contract management, with an influenceable annual spend of £10–£20 million.

Qualifications

• Experience managing procurement categories and contracts
• Proven track record of delivering procurement savings and cost reductions
• Experience of complex competitive tenders and high-value procurement projects
• Strong commercial and contract negotiation skills
• Experience of supplier relationship and supplier performance management
• Market analysis to identify opportunities for value
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Good commercial awareness and financial understanding
• Strong project management, analytical and communication skills
• Degree-level education or MCIPS or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Managing a portfolio of corporate and capital procurement projects and categories
• Developing and delivering category plans and operational sourcing programmes
• Leading complex and high-value competitive tenders
• Managing procurement activity from scoping through to contract award
• Negotiating and drafting contracts to optimise cost and value
• Providing commercial and contractual advice to stakeholders
• Conducting market analysis and identifying sourcing opportunities
• Building strong supplier relationships and managing performance
• Ensuring compliant procurement in line with legislation and governance
• Tracking savings and wider commercial benefits
• Identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement

Skills

Category management

Strategic sourcing

Tendering

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Market analysis

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent experience

MCIPS or equivalent procurement experience

Job description

Category Manager Corporate & Capital Procurement

Salary: GBP57,950 GBP63,200 + up to 12% annual bonus
Location: Denmark Hill, London
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: 5 September 2026

Are you an experienced Category Manager looking for an opportunity to take ownership of significant procurement activity and build your career within a growing, ambitious team?

King s Facilities Management (KFM) is looking for a Category Manager Corporate & Capital Procurement to join its procurement function, managing a delegated category portfolio and delivering procurement activity across a complex healthcare organisation.

KFM is wholly owned by King s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and provides a range of specialist healthcare support services. All profits and cost savings generated by KFM are reinvested into the NHS.

The opportunity

As Category Manager, you will take responsibility for a delegated procurement category or portfolio with an influenceable annual expenditure of approximately GBP10 million to GBP20 million.

Working closely with stakeholders, procurement colleagues, partners and suppliers, you will develop sourcing plans, lead competitive tenders, negotiate contracts and identify opportunities to improve value, efficiency and supplier performance.

This is a varied category management and procurement role where you will be encouraged to understand your markets, challenge existing approaches and build strong relationships across KFM and its wider stakeholder community.

You will provide commercial and contractual advice throughout the procurement lifecycle, from initial scoping and specification development through to tendering, contract award and ongoing contract management.

What you ll be doing

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing a portfolio of corporate and capital procurement projects and categories
• Developing and delivering category plans and operational sourcing programmes
• Leading complex and high-value competitive tenders
• Managing procurement activity from initial scoping through to contract award
• Negotiating and drafting contracts to achieve cost optimisation and improved value
• Providing commercial and contractual advice to stakeholders
• Conducting market analysis and identifying new sourcing opportunities
• Building and developing strong supplier relationships
• Managing supplier performance, service levels and KPIs
• Supporting compliant procurement in line with relevant legislation, policies and governance
• Tracking procurement savings and wider commercial benefits
• Identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement
• Working collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders across KFM and the Trust.

About you

We are looking for a commercially minded procurement professional with strong experience of category management, strategic sourcing, tendering and contract management.

You should be able to demonstrate:

• Experience managing procurement categories and contracts
• A successful track record of delivering procurement savings and cost reductions
• Experience of complex competitive tenders and high-value procurement projects
• Strong commercial and contract negotiation skills
• Experience of supplier relationship and supplier performance management
• The ability to undertake market analysis and identify opportunities for improved value
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Good commercial awareness and financial understanding
• Strong project management, analytical and communication skills
• Degree-level education or equivalent experience
• MCIPS or equivalent procurement experience

Experience within corporate procurement, capital procurement, public-sector procurement or another complex regulated environment would be particularly relevant.

KFM is looking for someone who enjoys building relationships, can manage competing priorities and is confident taking responsibility for procurement activity from initial requirement through to contract management.

Why join KFM?

This is an opportunity to build your procurement career within an organisation offering both commercial challenge and a strong sense of purpose.

You will have the opportunity to manage significant categories, work with senior stakeholders and suppliers, contribute ideas and continue developing your expertise across procurement, category management, strategic sourcing and contract management.

Salary is GBP57,950 GBP63,200, with the opportunity to earn an annual bonus of up to 12%.

Applications close at 11:59pm on 5 September 2026.