Indirect Category Manager - £70K

1st Executive Ltd; Wantage; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

1st Executive Ltd. seeks an ambitious procurement professional for an Indirect Category Manager role in Oxfordshire. You will lead indirect sourcing across multiple categories, partnering with internal stakeholders to deliver commercial success.

The role focuses on developing sourcing strategies, negotiating high-value contracts, and driving continuous improvement in procurement processes within a fast-paced, high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in indirect procurement.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience managing suppliers and commercial contracts.

Responsibilities

• Lead indirect procurement activity across multiple spend categories.
• Develop sourcing strategies to reduce cost and manage risk.
• Negotiate and manage supplier contracts to maximise value.
• Partner with stakeholders to align solutions with business needs.
• Drive continuous improvement in procurement processes.
• Use data to measure savings and support decisions.

Skills

Indirect procurement

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Contracts

Job description

Location: Oxfordshire - 3 days per week in office

Are you an ambitious procurement professional who thrives in a fast-paced, high-performance environment? We're looking for a professional with indirect Procurement experience for an Indirect Category Manager opportunity, to play a key role in delivering commercial excellence across a world-class engineering organisation.

You'll partner with stakeholders across corporate business functions, developing sourcing strategies, negotiating high-value contracts, and building strong supplier relationships that deliver measurable value.

This is an opportunity to step into a visible, business-facing role where your commercial expertise, negotiation skills and ability to influence will directly shape business performance.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading indirect procurement activity across multiple spend categories within the indirect space
• Developing sourcing strategies that reduce cost, improve supplier performance and manage risk.
• Negotiating and managing supplier contracts to maximise value.
• Partnering with stakeholders to understand business needs and deliver commercially effective solutions.
• Driving continuous improvement across procurement processes and supplier performance.
• Using data and insights to identify opportunities, measure savings and support informed decision-making.

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience in indirect procurement
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Experience managing suppliers and commercial contracts.
• A proactive, commercially minded approach with excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.

You’ll become part of an innovative, collaborative organisation where pace, performance and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do. Alongside a competitive salary and excellent benefits, you’ll have the opportunity to make a genuine commercial impact while developing your career in a challenging and rewarding environment.

All applicants must be based in the UK and hold current/valid UK RTW