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Procurement Category Manager
Job summary
Maxim Recruitment is seeking a Procurement Category Manager for a growing consultancy. The role involves providing specialist procurement strategy advice, managing supplier relationships, and working with major clients on flagship projects. Competitive salary package offered within a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Strong background in procurement lifecycle.
- Experience with various forms of contracts, especially NEC and JCT.
- Knowledge of public sector procurement rules.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialist procurement strategy advice to clients.
- Manage end to end procurement services on major projects.
- Define and implement Category Sourcing Strategies.
Skills
Education
A new exciting Procurement Category Manager job opportunity with a growing UK and international multidisciplinary consultancy with a specialist procurement division. The ideal candidate will have a strong background across the procurement lifecycle, including strategy development and tender preparation.
The Procurement Category Manager (Defence) role is to provide specialist procurement strategy advice to public and private sector clients within Infrastructure and Real Estate sectors.
The successful Procurement Category Manager candidate will develop supplier relationships within a category or categories, work with an outstanding team of specialist consultants, and advise major clients on large scale / flagship projects.
The employer offers an opportunity to rapidly progress the career within an entrepreneurial, defined and growing Procurement division.
Further opportunities are available to travel both nationally and internationally to service and manage key commissions for the employer’s blue chip client portfolio.
A competitive salary package is on offer commensurate with experience.
The duties and responsibilities of a Senior Category Manager will be to:
- To fulfil the responsibilities of a Senior Category Management Consultant.
- To provide specialist procurement strategy advice to public and private sector clients.
- Provide Category analysis, planning and reporting, including spend analysis, market analysis, benefits tracking and category planning.
- Define, develop and implement Category Sourcing Strategies and Category Plans.
- Work with stakeholders to develop and define category insights to support innovation and provide additional value.
- To manage end to end procurement services on major projects and programmes.
- Contract Development and management.
- Contract drafting; terms, negotiation and award.
- Strong experience across Category Management, Category Sourcing Strategies and Category Plans and Procurement strategy
- Excellent experience of various forms of contracts with particular focus on NEC and JCT.
- Good knowledge of public sector procurement rules (including OJEU/FTS)
- A strong background in Category Management within relevant sectors
- Be able to manage work/business development/career development activities.
- Excellent communication skills, adaptable, with a determination to succeed.
- A BSc related to Quantity Surveying, civil engineering, law or procurement or other construction related field or equivalent and/or be MCIPS is preferred.
Full details of this global, premium consultancy will be given to shortlisted candidates.
The employer is recruiting UK wide, therefore Senior Procurement Consultant Candidates in other locations with the right skillset are also of interest.
- Generous salary negotiable based on experience
Nilam Modhwadia is our specialist consultant managing this position
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