Strategic Category Specialist – Sourcing & Analytics (UK)

M&G; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 18%

Share Save & Share Incentive Plan

38 days annual leave

Inspiring Families policy

Private health & protection

Job summary

M&G Procurement is seeking a Category Specialist to provide UK-based commercial and analytical support to Category Managers. You will build evidence for category strategy, savings, and negotiation, while coordinating with the India Procurement team to deliver execution at scale.

The role shifts toward a category structure acting as an internal commercial consultancy, with emphasis on identifying recurring cost reductions in UK third-party spend and delivering measurable savings while maintaining

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, sourcing or category support within indirect spend or similar.
• Working knowledge of the assigned category or spend area to support market engagement.
• Strong analytical skills including spend analysis, rate card comparison and total cost of ownership with advanced Excel.
• Experience running sourcing events and evaluating supplier responses.
• Able to work from the London or Kildean (Stirling) office for the majority of the working week.

Responsibilities

• Find savings opportunities through spend analysis and identify optimization areas.
• Quantify savings using agreed baselines and keep pipeline records accurate.
• Prepare negotiation packs and support Category Manager in negotiations.
• Analyse spend, compare rate cards, and model bids and TCO.
• Run sourcing events with UK stakeholder involvement and manage timelines.

Skills

Procurement experience

Category knowledge

Analytical skills

Sourcing events

Office location flexibility

Tools

Power BI

Market Dojo

Job description

M&G Procurement is seeking a Category Specialist to provide UK-based commercial and analytical support to Category Managers. You will build evidence for category strategy, savings, and negotiation, while coordinating with the India Procurement team to deliver execution at scale.

The role shifts toward a category structure acting as an internal commercial consultancy, with emphasis on identifying recurring cost reductions in UK third-party spend and delivering measurable savings while maintaining