Senior Strategic Category Manager - Procurement (Hybrid)

QA Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days Annual Leave

Holiday Buying scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Pension Scheme

Employee Discounts Benefit Hub

Early Friday Finish at 4pm

Job summary

QA Ltd is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead strategic category management across a £100m+ external spend. You will drive supplier negotiations, contracting, and risk management within a hybrid Leeds-based role.

You will partner with leadership to elevate procurement, improve compliance and enable self-serve processes while mentoring junior colleagues and shaping supplier strategies across multiple categories.

Qualifications

• Experience overseeing end‑to‑end supply chain operations, including planning, sourcing, procurement, and some logistics/inventory management.
• Experience identifying cost-saving opportunities while maintaining quality across direct and indirect categories.
• Strong ability to analyse procurement data to identify trends and opportunities, using tools like Excel/PowerBI.

Responsibilities

• Manages supplier relationships across multiple category areas with focus on indirects.
• Negotiates contracts and pricing agreements with suppliers, SLAs and trading terms.
• Implements and manages contracts and reviews supplier performance.
• Identifies, reviews and manages supplier risks; provides strategic support to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Drives efficiencies, savings and cost avoidance with suppliers; tracks and reports on SLAs and finances.
• Supports management of junior colleagues and helps drive procurement improvements across the organisation.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

Category & Data Analytics

Price & Cost Analysis

Consumer & Market Insights

Vendor Relationship Management

Contract Negotiation & Management

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

PowerBI

Job description

QA Ltd is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead strategic category management across a £100m+ external spend. You will drive supplier negotiations, contracting, and risk management within a hybrid Leeds-based role.

You will partner with leadership to elevate procurement, improve compliance and enable self-serve processes while mentoring junior colleagues and shaping supplier strategies across multiple categories.