Global Category Manager - Content Creation - 7483

Cambridge University Press & Assessment; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave plus bank H

Private medical and Permanent Health保险

Discretionary annual bonus

Group personal pension scheme

Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary

Green travel schemes

Job summary

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is seeking a Global Category Manager for Content Creation to lead the global strategy, drive value, and manage supplier partnerships. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders to align procurement with business goals while delivering measurable commercial benefits.

The role focuses on building strategic supplier relationships, influencing decision-making, and identifying opportunities to improve performance and adopt new technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience leading global Content Creation procurement.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across the organisation.
• Experience delivering category strategies with measurable commercial benefits.
• CIPS qualification (or working towards) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the global Content Creation category strategy.
• Lead strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives from concept to contract.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and strategic suppliers globally.
• Identify and deliver cost savings, value creation, and performance improvements.
• Provide market intelligence on trends, technologies, and risks.
• Support transformation and continuous improvement through innovation, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.

Skills

Content Creation procurement

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Market insights

AI/digital awareness

Education

CIPS qualification

Job description

Job Title: Global Category Manager – Content Creation

Salary: £45,100 - £60,400

Location: Cambridge, UK/Hybrid - minimum 2 days per week working from the office

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time – 35 hours per week

Are you a strategic procurement leader ready to redefine the Content Creation category on a global scale and unlock value through innovative sourcing and supplier partnerships? This role sits at the intersection of two disciplines, procurement and content creation, in a job that requires significant levels of influencing at different levels.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About The Role

As our Global Category Manager - Content Creation, you will lead the development and delivery of a global category strategy that drives value, innovation, and operational excellence across a significant area of organisational spend. Working closely with senior stakeholders across the business, you'll ensure procurement strategies align with wider business goals while delivering measurable commercial benefits.

You'll build and manage strategic supplier relationships that maximise performance, encourage innovation, and minimise risk. Acting as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, you'll use market insight and commercial expertise to influence decision-making, identify opportunities, and support the organisation's evolving content creation needs.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Developing and delivering the global Content Creation category strategy
• Leading strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives from concept to contract
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders and strategic suppliers globally
• Identifying and delivering cost savings, value creation, and performance improvements
• Providing market intelligence and insight on trends, technologies, and emerging risks
• Supporting transformation and continuous improvement through innovation, automation, and AI-enabled solutions

This is a highly visible role offering the opportunity to influence senior leaders, shape long-term procurement strategy, and make a significant impact on financial performance, operational resilience, and future ways of working across a global organisation.

This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.

About You

You will be an experienced procurement professional with a strong track record in Content Creation procurement, and a deep understanding of the suppliers, technologies, and market dynamics that shape this evolving category. You'll be confident developing category strategies that balance commercial value, innovation, quality, and risk while supporting wider business objectives.

You will bring strong commercial, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with experience leading complex sourcing activities and managing strategic supplier relationships. Using your market insight and analytical skills, you'll identify opportunities to improve performance, drive efficiencies, and support the adoption of new technologies and ways of working across the Content Creation landscape.

• CIPS qualification (or working towards).
• Experience supporting transformation, automation, AI, or digital innovation within a Content Creation environment.
• Experience working across global markets and managing international supplier relationships.

Rewards And Benefits

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, anddisclosea disability or a long-term health condition, and who best meet theminimumcriteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is notpracticable and/or appropriate, we prioritise those who best meet theminimumcriteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be 31st August 2026. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place from week commencing 7th September 2026.

• First stage virtual interview via MS Teams.
• Final stage interview: in-person at our offices in Cambridge.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it is safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.