Category Manager - HR and Corporate Services

Müller UK & Ireland; Market Drayton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy product company in Market Drayton is seeking a Category Manager for HR and Corporate Services. The role involves managing procurement strategies, ensuring compliance, and engaging with stakeholders. Ideal candidates should have 5+ years of experience in procurement, strong negotiation skills, and a university degree. The position offers a hybrid work pattern with various benefits including a car allowance and annual bonus.

Benefits

Up to 15% annual bonus

4 x Life Assurance policy

£550 Car Allowance or Company Car

Partner Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Pension Employer Contribution Scheme

Discounts through Müller Rewards

Qualifications

• Ideally 5+ years experience as a Category Buyer/Manager.
• Experience in HR procurement especially for temp labor and consulting.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to turn strategies into action.

Responsibilities

• Manage spend area and implement category strategies.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies.
• Create and present recommendations to stakeholders.
• Implement a supplier relationship strategy.
• Carry out continuous improvement reviews.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Data analysis skills

Project management skills

Influencing skills

Fluent English

Education

University degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP knowledge

Job description

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by the Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 24,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,700 British farmers. The Müller brand is ranked at No.7 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands, and is also the 7th most chosen brand in the UK.

Overview

We''re Recruiting: Category Manager – HR and Corporate Services. Reports to: Head of Indirect Services Group / Group Procurement / Indirect. Location: Market Drayton, Telford, (Droitwich). Working pattern: Office 3 days / 2 days remote. Role purpose: To manage a complex spend area; creating robust spend category strategies; active business partnering with key stakeholders/Business Unit Engineering functions across the business with the aim of driving specifier engagement and compliance. Provide team management and day to day activities within the function.

Responsibilities

• Managing spend area – Create and implement category strategies for key spend areas aligned with the Business Units and Group service functions
• Ensure procurement policy, processes and spend compliance rules are in place
• Support new product launches within the Business Units (involvement in strategic projects)
• Stakeholder Management – Create and present recommendations to the business units
• Present key insight/updates to the key stakeholders covering data analysis & market insight in order to ensure effective planning and decision making
• Supplier Management – Implement a supplier relationship strategy to achieve the agreed KPIs and to develop sustainable added value potential
• Subject matter expertise – Significant experience in HR procurement especially temp. labour, consultants and professional services; drive procurement categories; understand requirements to support business and what drives costs; challenge specifications and operational methods to drive value
• A capable category manager in their own right, able to drive action from a project team and deliver sourcing events to a defined and sometimes challenging timescale
• Continuous Improvement – Carry out continuous improvement and efficiency reviews with defined action plans detailing accountabilities and timelines

Key skills & requirements

• Specialist knowledge & experience in the defined categories
• Commercial acumen with profound negotiation skills
• Ability to turn strategies and decisions into action
• Strong influencing, negotiation and communication skills at all levels within a business
• Excellent data interpretation & analysis skills
• Moderation/presentation skills
• Competent project management skills
• Fluent command of English

Desirable

• Experience in Food, FMCG or similar operational procurement
• German language skills
• CIPS certificate
• SAP knowledge

Background

• University degree and corresponding business experience or equivalent
• Ideally 5+ years experience in a substantive Category Buyer/Category Manager role

Benefits

• Up to 15% annual bonus
• 4 x Life Assurance policy
• £550 Car Allowance or Company Car
• Partner Private Medical Insurance
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service)
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave
• Enhanced Bereavement Leave
• Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%)
• Exclusive access to Müller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts

The Process

If you are interested in applying for the role of Category Manager – HR and Corporate Services and have the necessary skills and experience, then please apply via www:mullercareers.co.uk

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