Strategic Procurement Manager – Category Leadership & Impact

Cityfibre; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus

Job summary

CityFibre is seeking a Purchasing/Procurement Manager to shape category strategies, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver commercial value across a diverse portfolio of Enterprise Indirect goods and services. You will lead end-to-end procurement activities, drive supplier engagements and negotiations, and analyse market data to improve governance.

You’ll bring significant category management experience along with strong negotiation, stakeholder engagement and data-driven decision making,

Qualifications

• Significant procurement and category management experience.
• Experience delivering sourcing strategies across indirect spend.
• Experience across Technology, Software/SaaS, Professional Services, HR, Legal, Finance, Marketing or Corporate Services.

Responsibilities

• Developing category and sourcing strategies
• Influencing commercial decisions across the business
• Running end-to-end procurement activities
• Leading supplier engagement and negotiations
• Analysing market and supplier performance data
• Improving procurement processes and governance

Skills

Category management

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Supplier management

Data analysis

Strategic sourcing

Education

Degree in Procurement / Supply Chain / Business

CIPS Level 5 or above or working towards

Job description

CityFibre is seeking a Purchasing/Procurement Manager to shape category strategies, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver commercial value across a diverse portfolio of Enterprise Indirect goods and services. You will lead end-to-end procurement activities, drive supplier engagements and negotiations, and analyse market data to improve governance.

You’ll bring significant category management experience along with strong negotiation, stakeholder engagement and data-driven decision making,