Purchasing Category & Sourcing Specialist

ZipRecruiter; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in procurement is seeking a Category & Sourcing Specialist to optimize spending and sourcing strategies. This full-time role offers a salary between £35,000 and £38,000, along with a comprehensive benefits package and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Generous pension up to 11% company contribution

25 days annual leave

Life assurance equal to 4x salary

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme

Health Cash Plan

Fully funded eye tests

Two paid volunteering days a year

Occupational health service

Discounts with over 800 popular retailers

Digital GP service

Study support for job-related qualifications

Competitive maternity leave

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and implementing sub-category strategies.
• Ability to collate customer requirements and perform data analysis.
• Proactive style with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of strategies and develop sub-category strategies.
• Gather data on spend and perform initial analysis.
• Develop working relationships for procurement involvement.

Skills

Data manipulation

Category strategy development

Analytical skills

Planning

Problem-solving

Stakeholder relationship management

Job description

Job Description

Job title - Category & Sourcing Specialist

Location - Brighton or Worthing, BN13 3NX

Salary - £35,000 - £38,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience

Duration - Perm/Full-time

Sector - Purchasing & Procurement

Applications - (see below)

A well-established business that is building towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising its environmental impact and reducing its carbon footprint has a number of Category & Sourcing Specialist opportunities across a range of disciplines including Engineering & Constriction, Professional Services and Operational Assets.

Along with a salary of circa £35,000 per annum (depending on skills and experience), you will receive a fantastic range of benefits including:

• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme

What you'll be doing as Category & Sourcing Specialist:

Their Sourcing and Category Management discipline strategically and proactively manages category spending and supply sourcing in alignment with value management strategies and demand profiles to optimise total cost of ownership.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting on the delivery of strategies and developing and implementing sub-category strategies.
• Gathering and collating customer requirements, volume demands and specifications, feeding back to inform the development of strategy.
• Gathering data on spend, including commodity pricing and spend data, and performing initial analysis to share.
• Developing working relationships across the organisation that allow early involvement of procurement in any external third party spend required.

What we're looking for in a Category & Sourcing Specialist:

• The ability to manipulate complex datasets and strong category strategy development skills - ability to develop compelling category and sourcing strategies.
• Performance and delivery orientated - ability to work with others to obtain critical information and achieve common goals.
• The ability to demonstrate a proactive/can do style of work.
• Strong analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

You will be working 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday, with a hybrid approach to working between the Durrington office (minimum 2 days per week) and home.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the procurement team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, their customers and the environment.

Job title - Category & Sourcing Specialist

Location - Brighton or Worthing, BN13 3NX

Salary - £35,000 - £38,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience