Category Manager

Platform Housing Group; Greater London; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social housing organization seeks a Category Manager to join their Procurement team. This role focuses on delivering compliant procurement solutions and executing category strategies. The position offers flexibility with occasional travel and a supportive work environment with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Up to 28 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Medicash membership

Health Cash Plan

Pension scheme

Learning and Development opportunities

Employee reward and recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in end-to-end procurement in a regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of the Procurement Act 2024 and public procurement regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead creation and execution of category strategies for procurement.
• Oversee complex tendering processes and support contract implementation.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Influencing

Tools

Procurement Systems

Job description

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Category Manager

Up to £50,715 per annum (depending on experience)

Home based with occasional travel to Midlands offices and other locations as required

Join our growing Procurement team and help us make a difference!

We are currently looking for a commercially minded Category Manager to join our growing Procurement team on a permanent basis.

Now is an exciting time to join Platform Housing Group, a dynamic, forward-thinking social housing business who offer employees an inclusive and supportive environment with excellent benefits and family friendly policies.

In this role, you’ll be at the heart of shaping and delivering commercially driven, compliant procurement solutions across a defined category portfolio. You'll lead the creation and execution of category strategies that support Platform Housing Group’s strategic ambitions, driving value for money, strengthening governance, and enhancing supply chain performance.

You will be responsible for planning and delivering end-to-end sourcing activities in line with the Procurement Act 2024 and internal financial standing orders. This includes overseeing complex tendering processes, supporting contract implementation, and working closely with business leads to ensure contracts are actively managed and achieving the expected outcomes.

Some of the things we are looking for:

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end procurement in a regulated environment, with strong knowledge of the Procurement Act 2024 and public procurement regulations
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills able to engage with both operational and strategic leads.
• Experience within procurement within the Housing and/or Public Sector
• Strong background in developing and executing category strategies, including pre-market engagement, tendering, contract award and post-award management.
• Competent user of procurement and contract systems, with the ability to extract, analyse and present procurement.

While this role offers the flexibility of being home-based, occasional travel to Group offices and other locations, including Birmingham Business Park Solihull and Central Park, Worcester, is required.

Some of the great benefits we can offer you:

• Up to 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
• Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
• Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
• Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
• Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers

How to apply:

If you're looking for a role where your expertise will be valued, your ideas welcomed, and where you can help shape the future of procurement in a supportive and forward-thinking team, then we’d love to hear from you. Click Apply Now to complete an online application and upload your Current CV.

For more details about this position, please refer to the attached job description. If you’d like further information about the role, please email Hannah McArthur (Senior Category Manager) [e-mail]

Interviews:

We are planning to hold first-stage virtual interviews for this opportunity and will contact shortlisted candidates to arrange a convenient time.

We encourage early applications, as we may close the advert ahead of the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of interest.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing and Other

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations, Housing and Community Development, and Building Construction

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