Category Manager - Indirect Procurement (Services)

JR United Kingdom; Chelmsford; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in building and infrastructure is seeking a Category Manager for Indirect Procurement, focusing on strategies for key service areas like Marketing and Professional Services. The role offers the opportunity to drive cost efficiency and optimize supplier relationships, contributing to sustainable solutions. If you possess relevant experience and are driven by purpose, this team welcomes your expertise.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefit package

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Qualifications

• 5+ years of procurement/category management experience in a multinational environment.
• Strong understanding of indirect services procurement principles.
• Experience in managing a high value spend portfolio (~$100M+).

Responsibilities

• Define and implement category strategies for Marketing & Professional Services.
• Partner with senior leaders to align procurement strategies with business objectives.
• Lead sourcing initiatives and manage supplier relationships.

Skills

Strategic Procurement

Supplier Relationship Management

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Cost Modelling

Education

University Degree in relevant business discipline

Tools

eProcurement tools

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Category Manager - Indirect Procurement (Services), chelmsford

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Wavin UK, an Orbia business

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Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

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Job Description:

Join us at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin): Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, where our purpose ‘to advance life around the world’ drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting the world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we work for. How about you?

At Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin), we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The places we live in: cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join our team and help build more sustainable environments!

We are currently looking for an Category Manager – Indirect Procurement (Services) to join us in United Kingdom (Remote), Wavin UK Limited. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

Main purpose

The Procurement Category Manager is responsible for Creating Value & Mitigating Risk. Developing and executing category strategies for key service areas, including Marketing and Professional Services. This role will drive strategic sourcing initiatives, manage high-value contracts, and optimize supplier relationships while ensuring alignment with business objectives. The role requires engagement with senior stakeholders across Finance, Legal, HR (People Team), and Marketing to support business goals, drive cost efficiency, and enhance supplier performance. Flexibility to manage across all Indirect Procurement categories is required, and categories within this role may be updated as business priorities change.

Main responsibilities:

• Category Strategy Development: Define and implement category strategies for Marketing & Professional Services to drive cost savings, efficiency, and supplier innovation.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with Finance, Legal, HR, and Marketing leaders to align procurement strategies with business objectives.
• Sourcing & Contract Management: Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives, including RFPs, supplier selection, contract negotiations, and risk management.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Develop and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, ensuring performance management and continuous improvement.
• Cost & Value Optimization: Identify opportunities for cost reduction, value creation, and process improvement across the services categories.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure adherence to company procurement policies, contractual obligations, and regulatory requirements.
• Market Intelligence: Stay up to date with industry trends, supplier market dynamics, and best practices in professional and marketing services procurement.

Our requirements:

• University Degree in relevant business discipline with 5+ years of procurement / category management experience in a complex, multinational environment.
• Strong understanding of strategic procurement principles, particularly in indirect services.
• Deep knowledge of Marketing & Professional Services categories (e.g., media, creative agencies, consulting, legal services, financial services, HR services).
• Familiarity with contract law, commercial agreements, and risk mitigation.
• Expertise in supplier relationship management and performance optimization.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in procurement analytics, cost modelling, and benchmarking.
• Knowledge of eProcurement tools and contract lifecycle management systems.
• Proven experience in managing a high value spend portfolio (~$100M+) across multiple geographies.
• Experience in working with C-level stakeholders and influencing senior decision-makers.
• Track record in negotiating major centralized contracts and driving cost savings.
• Strong project management experience, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Experience in supplier market assessments, RFP execution, and strategic sourcing.

What Orbia Building & Infrastructure offers

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Orbia Building & Infrastructure (Wavin)! Here we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Above all we encourage all our employees to develop their talents and to become the best version of themselves. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Orbia B&I is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organization

Orbia’s Building & Infrastructure business, Wavin, is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Orbia B&I collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Orbia B&I has 11,000+ employees and 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. Our key commercial brands are: Wavin, Amanco Wavin, Pavco Wavin, Plastigama Wavin, and Bow Wavin.

Orbia Building & Infrastructure is part of Orbia – a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in several sectors including: Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluor and Energy Materials (Koura). These five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has a global team of over 24,000 employees, commercial activities in more than 100 countries and operations in over 50, with headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $8.2 billion in revenue in 2023.

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