Strategic Category Manager – Defence & Regulated Procurements

First Military Recruitment; Normanton on Trent; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Category Manager on behalf of one of our clients. Located in Reading with a 3 days per week on-site arrangement, the role focuses on developing and implementing category strategies while balancing short- and long-term objectives to meet business priorities.

You will manage supplier relationships end-to-end, support the existing Category Manager, and engage stakeholders at all levels in a highly regulated environment to deliver procurement

Qualifications

• 5+ years of category management experience.
• Experience in a highly regulated industry.
• Strong supplier relationship management skills.
• End-to-end procurement experience.
• Security clearance (SC).
• Based in the UK and able to support the sole UK category.
• Ability to support the existing Category Manager.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies for assigned sub-group of categories, balancing short and long-term objectives to meet business strategy.
• Support and execute stakeholder management.
• Delivering benefits through category management interventions within a complex project / programme delivery environment.
• Adopt a polite yet tenacious attitude to achieve goals and move projects towards completion.

Skills

Category management

Regulated industry experience

Supplier relationship management

End-to-end procurement

SC clearance

UK-based

Stakeholder engagement

MS Office 365

Education

CIPS/MCIPS

Tools

Jaggaer

Job description

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Category Manager on behalf of one of our clients. Located in Reading with a 3 days per week on-site arrangement, the role focuses on developing and implementing category strategies while balancing short- and long-term objectives to meet business priorities.

You will manage supplier relationships end-to-end, support the existing Category Manager, and engage stakeholders at all levels in a highly regulated environment to deliver procurement