Client Software Category Specialist – UK Procurement

Abundant Code

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 55,000 - 75,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 18%

Share Save plan

Share Incentive Plan

38 days annual leave

Time Off When You Need It

Private Healthcare

Critical Illness cover

Life Assurance

Job summary

Category Specialist – Client Software Overview at M&G requires strong procurement and analytics acumen to support category managers across UK spend. The role involves running sourcing events, analyzing bids, and delivering evidence-based savings with close UK stakeholder collaboration.

You will work from London or Stirling bases, with a strong emphasis on office presence, data accuracy, and cross-functional negotiation support. A pathway toward CIPS is encouraged.

Qualifications

Experience in procurement, sourcing or category support, ideally indirect spend.
Strong analytical skills with spend analysis and TCO modelling.
Experience running sourcing events and evaluating supplier responses.

Responsibilities

Provide UK-based commercial and analytical support to the Category Manager(s).
Build evidence underpinning category strategy and savings.
Run UK stakeholder-led sourcing activity and collaborate with India Procurement to execute.
Maintain category data, supplier packs and market insights.

Skills

Procurement experience

Category management

Advanced Excel

Sourcing events

Total cost of ownership

UK stakeholder engagement

Power BI

AI-assisted analysis

Education

CIPS in progress

Tools

Market Dojo

Power BI

Job description

You will work from London or Stirling bases, with a strong emphasis on office presence, data accuracy, and cross-functional negotiation support. A pathway toward CIPS is encouraged.

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