Senior Category Manager - Data & Insights (Hybrid)

Fifty5Blue Sweden Ab; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fifty5Blue Sweden Ab in London is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead category strategies across Data Acquisition and Research Services, while supporting Technology procurement initiatives in a fast-moving global environment. The role focuses on Operations spend, with responsibility for go-to-market activities and governance.

Reporting to the Procurement Director, you will build effective sourcing processes, manage supplier relationships, and deliver measurable savings through spend

Qualifications

• Typically 7-8 years of procurement or category management experience in a fast-moving global environment.
• Strong category experience across either technology or marketing, with understanding of market dynamics, cost drivers and supplier pricing models.
• Proven experience taking ownership of a category, streamlining fragmented activity and putting effective processes, governance and strategies in place.
• A track record of improving the stakeholder experience while delivering measurable savings and commercial value.

Responsibilities

• Lead category strategies across Data Acquisition, Research Services, Panel & Incentive Management Services, while supporting selected Technology procurement initiatives and strategic supplier relationships.
• Lead end to end sourcing and go to market activities, including requirements definition, market engagement, evaluation, negotiation, contracting and implementation.
• Take ownership of established and developing categories, simplifying fragmented activity and introducing clear processes, governance and sourcing strategies.
• Make procurement easier for stakeholders by creating practical, efficient ways of working while maintaining appropriate commercial controls.
• Deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance and wider commercial value through spend analysis, demand management, supplier negotiation and effective implementation.

Skills

Category management

Procurement

Negotiation

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MCIPS

Job description

Fifty5Blue Sweden Ab in London is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead category strategies across Data Acquisition and Research Services, while supporting Technology procurement initiatives in a fast-moving global environment. The role focuses on Operations spend, with responsibility for go-to-market activities and governance.

Reporting to the Procurement Director, you will build effective sourcing processes, manage supplier relationships, and deliver measurable savings through spend