Category Manager - 3rd Party Logistics

Alliance Healthcare Management Services Limited; Woking; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare solutions provider in Woking is seeking a Procurement Category Manager to develop and implement category strategies focused on logistics. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in procurement, particularly in the transport and logistics sector. Responsibilities include managing supplier relationships and executing procurement strategies to maximize value. Strong negotiation skills and a university degree are essential.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Travel opportunities

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Procurement.
• Extensive knowledge of the Transport & Logistics industry.
• Language proficiency in English is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop category strategies for regional and local categories.
• Lead implementation of procurement strategy and sourcing execution.
• Manage supplier relationships within the defined category scope.

Skills

Strategic Category Management

Stakeholder Management

Value Engineering

Negotiation Skills

Supplier Performance Analysis

Education

University/Bachelor Degree

Job description

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Procurement Category Manager - 3rd Party Logistics

Apply locations Woking, United Kingdom time type Full time posted on Posted Today job requisition id R2514587

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Job Details

This role is in support of Cencora's wholesale distribution services in Europe operating through our Alliance Healthcare business.

We're hiring the Procurement Category Manager/Lead - 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) to join our international Procurement team.

The Role:

The Category Lead develops category strategies for regional and local categories, including sourcing strategy definition, deployment, value engineering and stakeholder management. The Category Lead supports the implementation of Category Strategies in Europe, to maximise total cost of ownership savings and procurement value contribution. He/she is the resident expert for strategic procurement in the specific category, sharing and facilitating best practices, working closely with the local businesses, wider Cencora business and category teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads strategic planning for regional and local categories and ensures alignment across businesses in Europe:

• Takes strategic and long term view of category, identifies and develops innovative sources and contractual arrangements

• Develops category strategies and initiatives, including value engineering

• Provides analysis and support in relation to the setting of category spend baseline and category profile, including risk assessment

• Aligns category strategy with local businesses and their financial plans

• Supports VP Procurement for the IBG in the definition of a priority list of categories suitable for strategic sourcing initiatives, aligned with the countries & Global Indirect Category procurement

• Records and reports value delivery of conducted sourcing projects

• Leads implementation of procurement strategy and sourcing execution:

• Participates in internal and external analysis (industry and supplier) in collaboration with in-country procurement Managers as a member of a cross functional sourcing team

• Aligns global, regional and local category activities

• Supports supplier selection and provide recommendations to VP Procurement for final decision

• Supports fact based negotiations with suppliers

• Obtains stakeholder and leadership team approvals as required eg SCP & Delegation of Authority

• Ensures that governance processes are followed eg SCP, Delegation of Authority, Code of Conduct

• Ensures that category specific operational processes and policies are in place and a compliant usage

• Proactively organises sessions with internal customers to identify further Total Cost of Ownership reduction and value engineering opportunities for regional categories

• Supports the delivery of value engineering projects in countries

• Establishes measures and controls for countries to ensure and track successful implementation in alignment with KPIs

• Supports alignment of negotiation timing and contract durations between countries to enable Best Practice Sharing and supplier leverage

• Actively engages in local key initiatives (aggregate demand, construct bid packages, value engineering projects and support sourcing through suppliers around the region) especially negotiations to ensure value levers are effectively played

• Leads contract implementation and drives contract compliance and payment terms as per agreed procurement policies:

• Works in close collaboration with in-country procurement Managers in order to ensure local acceptance of new contracts, and extended value generation to increase customer satisfaction

• Coordinates contract implementation tasks with in-country procurement Managers and users

• Closely monitors internal customers contract compliance; defines and takes approved corrective actions to improve contract compliance

• Secures knowledge transfer and exchange by creating and storing project deliverables and relevant tools and templates in knowledge repositories

• Manages supplier relationships with key suppliers within the defined category scope:

• In line with defined procurement strategy, supports the classification and categorisation of suppliers, including definition of supplier evaluation and audit policies

• Continuously tracks supplier performance, according to defined framework

• · Supports supplier development activities; sets up cross functional review meetings with suppliers in order to improve performance and further reduce cost

• Proactively organises work with suppliers under the guidance of VP Procurement to identify further value delivery projects

• Initiates and conducts supplier audits according to defined framework under the guidance of VP Procurement

• Continuously identifies potential contract improvement opportunities and re-negotiations

• Executes large Spot Buys:

• Sources major unplanned ad hoc demands to keep control over high spend utilising deep sourcing and/or category expertise

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Knowledge and Experience Required

Academic background:

• Appropriate University/bachelor degree qualification is essential. A recognised qualification in procurement would be considered an asset.

Experience:

• Extensive knowledge of Transport & Logistics industry

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Procurement

• Proven Strategic Category Management Development

• Experience on implementing strategies aligned with organisational goals

• Procurement experience on a Pan-European scale is preferable

• Has worked with significant annual Category Spend (greater than £50m per annum)

• Language skills: · Proficiency in English essential

• Multi-lingual is advantageous (Spanish/French)

Travel: This role will require regular travel across markets within the IBG as well as supplier visits.

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What Cencora offers

Benefit offerings outside the US may vary by country and will be aligned to local market practice. The eligibility and effective date may differ for some benefits and for team members covered under collective bargaining agreements.

Full time

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies: Alliance Healthcare Management Services Limited

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