Procurement Category Manager - Corporate Services

Kardow; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Corporate benefits package

Job summary

Kardow is seeking a Procurement Category Manager – Corporate Services in London. The role sits in a large indirect category team and offers a clear path to progression.

You will lead category strategy, engage senior stakeholders, and drive year-on-year savings while managing risk across professional services and corporate functions. The position is based in London with 2 days in the office per week, offering a market-leading salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Proven end to end procurement across indirect and corporate categories.
• Strong contracts experience, understanding risk, SLAs and contractual terms.
• Able to engage and influence senior stakeholders across regions.
• Highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement and business needs.
• Excellent communications with diverse cultures and countries.

Responsibilities

• Create corporate strategies through to delivery and performance including year-on-year savings.
• Review new and existing contracts to identify and mitigate risks.
• Develop group-wide category plans and strategies for the organisation.
• Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders up to Board level.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders for holistic supplier performance insights.
• Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools.
• Act as a procurement role model by living company values and delivering high service standards.
• Deliver strategic projects with cost-efficient outcomes.

Skills

End to end procurement

Contract management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic mindset

Communications

Education

MCIPS (preferred)

Job description

Procurement Category Manager – Corporate Services | £75,000 to £83,000 | 20% bonus | full corporate benefits package | London – 2 days in the office per week | A market leader who monopolise their market

A brand new role working within a large and growing indirect category management team, for a business who truly lead the market in their industry, who are continuing their growth and success. One role is a brand new role due to growth and one role is due to an internal promotion.

You'll be reporting into the Head of Category - Corporate Services, in a large team where you will have genuine opportunity to progress within the business.

Category areas: Professional Services, HR, Marketing, Travel, FM, Utilities and Outsourcing

Role and responsibilities

• Create corporate strategies through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
• Review new and existing contracts to identify and mitigate risks
• Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
• Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
• Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
• Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
• Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
• On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency

Experience and requirements

• Proven end to end procurement across a broad range of indirect and corporate categories
• Strong contracts experience, understanding risk, SLA's and Contractual terms
• As well as having some more generalist Indirect category management
• Private sector procurement experience, ideally working for a global business
• Previous experience working on complex global projects, dealing with Tier 1 suppliers of significant values
• Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
• A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
• Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries
• Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
• MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential