Strategic Category Lead – National Procurement & Value

The Martin Veasey Partnership; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus opportunity

Career development opportunities

Job summary

A leading procurement consultancy in the UK seeks a strategic sourcing and procurement professional for a field-based role. The candidate will manage multi-million pound spend categories and drive compliance across Business Units. Ideal applicants should have a degree, MCIPS qualifications, and experience in capital equipment and operational services procurement, with proven stakeholder engagement skills. An opportunity to significantly impact a major transformational change program is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in sourcing and purchasing capital equipment.
• Experience with subcontracted operational services in construction.
• Strong commercial negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Full commercial management of nominated category with extensive spend.
• Development of long term value generation strategies.
• Drive compliance to sourcing strategies across Business Units.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Relationship building

Category management

Negotiation

Education

University degree

Full or part qualified MCIPS

Job description

A leading procurement consultancy in the UK seeks a strategic sourcing and procurement professional for a field-based role. The candidate will manage multi-million pound spend categories and drive compliance across Business Units. Ideal applicants should have a degree, MCIPS qualifications, and experience in capital equipment and operational services procurement, with proven stakeholder engagement skills. An opportunity to significantly impact a major transformational change program is offered.