Category Manager

My Client is a major Central Government body, looking for an experienced category manager, who is available immediately. The ideal candidate should have a strong category management background and have strong public sector experience.

Deliverables:

- Assessing current supply chain procurement strategy, cost data and commodity profiles and business needs, in order to convert gathered intelligence into a proposed strategy to leverage best possible value for assigned categories.
- Taking ownership of assigned categories, engaging the customer and supply chain in order to provide the major influence on strategy direction and delivering category benefits.
- Leading change in introducing and embedding assigned categories within a challenging environment across the organisation and supply chain. Applying skills and endeavour to challenge existing boundaries where needed; and overcome challenges in implementation.
- Drives cost reduction, measures and reviews performance and implements continuous performance improvement, reporting of benefits realisation of assigned categories with over-arching business requirements.
- To facilitate the delivery of contractual arrangements and supporting structures required to deliver results on assigned categories. Using knowledge gained and commercial awareness to embed a category management approach in the organisation and Supply Chain.
- To support the Group Manager in acting as a change agent for assigned categories including driving supply chain relationships and presentations to both internal and external stakeholders.
- Captures future demand information and continually reviews changes in the marketplace and industry to reflect these changes within an adapting category strategy.

Requirements:

- A proven track record in making a significant contribution towards developing and improving the procurement function and delivering category management.
- A proven track record in working successfully with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- A strong proven track-record in leading major procurement exercises (developing strategies/inviting/selecting tenders, managing contracts) and contract development work (knowledge of a wide range of contract types and forms and their application to business need).
- The post-holder must possess a high level of interpersonal skills with the

ability to negotiate and influence.

Please submit CVs before 4pm on the 9/12/13

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