Category Specialist (Marketing)

1st Executive; Guildford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

1st Executive in Guildford, United Kingdom, is seeking a Category Specialist to support the Marketing category for a Global FMCG business. The role partners with Marketing stakeholders to drive sourcing excellence across agency services, media, events, and promotional materials.

You will have experience running RFQs/RFPs, evaluating supplier proposals, and managing supplier contracts. Indirect procurement exposure in marketing is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience running RFQs, RFPs and sourcing exercises.
• Experience evaluating supplier proposals and developing commercial recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Contract and supplier management experience.
• Comfortable working with non-procurement stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Marketing stakeholders and support sourcing across agency services, media, events, brand activations, POS materials.
• Collaborate on developing commercial recommendations and supplier evaluation.

Skills

RFQ/RFP management

Stakeholder management

Contract management

Commercial recommendations

Job description

I am currently recruiting a Category Specialist to support the Marketing category for a Global FMCG business.

This role will partner closely with Marketing stakeholders and support sourcing activities across agency services, media, events, brand activations, point-of-sale materials and wider marketing expenditure.

Experience required

• Experience running RFQs, RFPs and sourcing exercises
• Experience evaluating supplier proposals and developing commercial recommendations
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Contract and supplier management experience
• Comfortable working with non-procurement stakeholders

Experience in one or more of:

• Marketing Procurement
• Creative agencies
• Media agencies
• Shopper marketing
• Brand activations
• Promotional materials
• Events procurement

You will either have Indirect procurement experience and be keen to learn the marketing category or you might come directly from agencies in commercial, procurement, vendor management or a supplier-facing role

This is an excellent opportunity to join a global FMCG brand in their fast paced forward thinking procurement department.