Strategic Category Manager: £500m Spend Impact

eFinancialCareers; Gatwick; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

eFinancialCareers is seeking an experienced Category Manager at Gatwick to shape strategy across procurement. The role covers developing category plans, leading supplier negotiations and driving value in a growing function.

With £500m annual spend to analyse, you will deliver measurable savings through strategic sourcing, contract development and risk management, while building strong stakeholder relationships to enable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience developing and delivering category strategies.
• Strong spend analysis and commercial acumen.
• Experience with complex contracts and supplier negotiations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to prioritise.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies across goods, works and services.
• Analyse spend to identify savings and value-add opportunities.
• Lead sourcing activity, negotiations and contract development.
• Build supplier relationships and drive performance.
• Manage contract renewals and mitigate supply chain risks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver procurement objectives and measurable results.

Skills

Spend analysis

Category management

Stakeholder management

Negotiations

Contract management

Job description

eFinancialCareers is seeking an experienced Category Manager at Gatwick to shape strategy across procurement. The role covers developing category plans, leading supplier negotiations and driving value in a growing function.

With £500m annual spend to analyse, you will deliver measurable savings through strategic sourcing, contract development and risk management, while building strong stakeholder relationships to enable business outcomes.