Category Manager

JR United Kingdom; Reading; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Category Manager to lead the development and implementation of innovative category strategies. In this pivotal role, you will drive cost-effective solutions and manage supplier relationships to ensure optimal performance and risk mitigation. Your expertise in contract management and strategic sourcing will be crucial in securing competitive advantages and delivering on key performance indicators. Join a forward-thinking organization that values sustainability and ethics, and make a significant impact on the supply chain management landscape.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as a Category Manager.
• Good understanding of Category Methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Category Strategy for cost-effective solutions.
• Manage supplier base and secure competition in the supplier base.

Skills

Category Management

Contract Management

Supplier Relationship Management

Business Intelligence

Supplier Negotiations

Job description

Location: Reading area Up to 2 days per week onsite

Top 3 Evaluation Criteria:

1. 5+ years’ experience as a Category Manager
2. Good understanding of Category Methodologies
3. Contract Management

Key Responsibilities:

Consistently demonstrating positive behaviours in line with the company's environmental, sustainability, safety, health, security, quality and ethics standards.

Category Management:

1. Develop, implement and drive Category Strategy to deliver cost effective category solutions and business models for assigned categories.
2. Supplier base management and supplier classification (Preferred Supplier List – PSL), securing competition in the supplier base.
3. Implement ways of working according to CLIENT Category Management Framework including the delivery of Category targets and KPI’s for assigned group of spend categories.
4. Business Intelligence, suppliers benchmark and market insight to support category development.
5. The Category Manager, with the sub-category Team, is responsible for securing and tracking cost reduction, contract management and continuity of Supply Chain.

Strategic Sourcing:

1. Prepare & execute the RFx process in collaboration with stakeholders including supplier evaluation and selection, supplier negotiations (costs and contract).
2. Contribute to the long-term business ensuring competitive initial cost and total cost development in the product and service life cycle and maintenance of the specific supplier contract for products and services.
3. Suppliers segmented and managed (quality, performance, risk) in accordance with the CLIENT Supplier Relationship Management Framework.
4. Monitor and mitigate supplier risks (including CoC, Environmental & Health and Safety as well as dependency on CLIENT and CLIENT dependency on the supplier), make corrective action plans for the identified risks.
5. Supplier Strategies for key suppliers within assigned group of spend categories.

Stakeholders Collaboration:

Secure stakeholders involvement and participation in category strategies, sourcing activities and supplier relationship management activities and share SCM category strategies, PSL, supplier performance etc...