Category Manager - Marketing & Print

Hays; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization is seeking a Category Manager - Marketing & Print to join their procurement team in Birmingham. The role offers a competitive salary and requires significant experience in managing procurement strategies, particularly in the marketing and print sectors. The successful candidate will develop supplier partnerships, lead procurement activities, and ensure compliance with internal practices and regulations.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary up to £70,000

Annual company and performance-based bonus

Private health insurance

Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)

Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)

28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Opportunity to buy or sell extra days leave

Employee discounts

Gym benefits

Qualifications

• Senior-level Category Manager with experience in marketing and print procurement.
• Led complex procurement projects with indirect category management strategies.
• Experience in Financial Services or related sectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement procurement strategies for Marketing & Print.
• Manage suppliers and ensure compliance with procurement policies.
• Coordinate processes and initiatives, ensuring best practices in category management.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Category Management

Job description

Your new company
A leading Financial Services organisation with a network of offices across the UK. They are currently recruiting for a Category Manager - Marketing & Print to join the procurement team. The role is based in Birmingham and offers flexibility for hybrid working.

Your new role
The Category Manager - Marketing & Print will partner with key stakeholders in the functions and will be responsible for the development and implementation of the procurement strategy. The role will deliver category management strategies to drive efficiency and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. The Category Manager - Indirect will manage suppliers to develop collaborative relationships, drive performance, ensure compliance with all company and legal requirements, and mitigate business risk. The post holder will lead related procurement activities, manage tender programmes, and negotiate and implement contracts.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather, assess, and challenge business requirements.
• Coordinate the delivery of processes and initiatives, establishing best-in-class policies, processes, and services.
• Develop and implement the Category Strategy when not supported by a Global Category Manager.
• Manage UK&I Procurement processes, policies, and procedures (e.g., RFP, RFI) in line with local and Group requirements.
• Negotiate and implement contracts for Indirect Categories, ensuring compliance with agreed service, performance, quality, and delivery levels.
• Understand budget approaches with Finance and business budget owners to ensure budget definition, utilisation, optimisation, and compliance.
• Utilise procurement tools and best practices to increase efficiency and quality, contributing to procurement savings and KPI objectives.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful, it is essential that you are a senior-level Category Manager with recent experience of marketing and print based procurement. You will have led complex and high-value procurement projects, and have developed and delivered indirect category management strategies within a large and complex organisation. Previous experience with the Financial Services, Professional Services, Corporate Services or related sector is essential.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive annual salary up to £70,000, dependent on experience
• Annual company and performance-based bonus
• Private health insurance
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Employee discounts
• Gym benefits

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