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Public Sector Category Manager

Job Posted: 3 minutes ago

Salary: £ 50,000 - 53,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Essex

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading Essex based client to recruit for a Public Sector Category Manager.

Job Purpose:

To develop and implement specific category strategies across major categories of spend. Develop, execute, implement, and deliver strategic sourcing and supplier management strategies and plans within these categories.
Undertaking all associated commercial activity to achieve value creation and minimise total cost of ownership.
To deliver the full sourcing life cycle, from strategy creation and execution (supplier qualification, assessment, selection, and contract award) through to implementation (supplier mobilisation and transition) and contract and supplier management.
To develop working relationships across the organisation that allow the early involvement of Procurement in any external third party spend for the relevant categories, identification of procurement and organisation initiatives and development of collaborative working between the business and external third-party supply chains to drive cost reduction and supplier relationships that achieve ongoing value creation.
To achieve annual savings targets as agreed with the CFO and relevant organisation stakeholders.
Support the delivery of innovation and cost reduction to the organisation through commercial best practice, contract assurance, supplier relationship management strategies, volume leverage, total cost management, demand challenge, process efficiency/compliance and external benchmarking of best practice. 

Skills and experience:

Proven experience of developing and maintaining effective relationships internally with other organisation areas and externally with suppliers.
Understanding of category management and evidence of category specific achievements
Experience of successful delivery of category management/projects and realising benefits including financial savings.
Understanding of application of leading category management practices including strategic sourcing, strategic purchasing tools, contract management and supplier management within a public sector procurement environment
Must have experience of public sector tendering and implementing new commercial relationships across functional and organisation boundaries, and a quantifiable track record of savings delivery and awareness of change implementation. 

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