Senior Category Manager

hays-gcj-v4-pd-online; Scunthorpe; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing business in Northern Lincolnshire seeks a Senior Category Manager to enhance its procurement service. In this full-time role, you will oversee strategic contracts and supplier relationships, ensuring value and supply security while contributing to category strategies. The position offers a negotiable salary and a full benefits package with hybrid working options.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing end-to-end procurement function.
• Ability to develop and implement key category strategies.
• Proactive, well-organized, and able to communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic contracts and supplier relationships.
• Deliver quality procurement service focusing on strategic delivery.
• Provide support to the Procurement team in P2P processes.

Skills

Contract Management

Tendering

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

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Senior Category Manager

Hays Procurement is excited to be recruiting for a new role as a Senior Category Manager for a recognised manufacturing business based in Northern Lincolnshire. As a Senior Category Manager, you will deliver a highly professional procurement service, providing a commercial framework that allows the business operation to run at a cost base providing best value whilst also ensuring security of supply and flexibility.

You will take day-to-day accountability for managing strategic contracts and supplier relationships. You will deliver a quality, robust, and secure procurement service within the organisation, ensuring an overall focus on the strategic delivery of business-led requirements, whilst also providing excellent people and stakeholder management.

The role will involve providing category-based support to the Procurement team, which will include all areas of the P2P process.

What you'll need to succeed

You will have previous experience in managing an end-to-end procurement function, with technical skills including Contract Management, Tendering, Negotiation, developing/implementing key category strategies, and the ability to build relationships externally with suppliers.

You’ll have an eye for detail, be organised, and able to prioritise your workload to deliver tasks in a timely manner. You should be proactive in your approach and able to communicate with stakeholders at all levels. IT literate, with experience of using Microsoft Office software, you should have a flexible attitude, with the willingness to adapt as the role develops, and be self-motivated; able to work independently and as part of a team.

What you'll get in return

A negotiable salary, dependent on experience, is on offer plus a full benefits package. The role is a full-time, permanent position offering hybrid working.