We're currently looking to recruit a Procurement Category Manager to join our Group Procurement Team. This role will have responsibility for sourcing and setting the Category Management strategy for goods and services across complex categories within indirect procurement. Categories included, but not limited to, consultancy and professional services, training services, waste management, and IT procurement.

Location: Rushden, Northamptonshire, with flexible, hybrid working

Hours: 37.5 hours per week – flexibility on part-time hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Contract: Permanent

Responsibilities

As a Procurement Category Manager, your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Developing and implementing sourcing strategies, following the procurement process to ensure risks are mitigated and opportunities realised.
• Ensuring a balance between cost, service and risk, whilst developing a category and sourcing strategy and policy for specific spend areas.
• Drafting, negotiating and agreeing clear and concise contractual documentation which identifies roles and responsibilities.
• Leadership build and nurturing a high-performing team by supporting the Business Support Buyer and Business Support Assistant and wider areas within the Group Procurement function.
• Delivering defined savings through an impartial but effective supplier management strategy and contract negotiation, actively measuring performance against agreed KPIs and SLAs.

What are we looking for?

This role of Procurement Category Manager is great for you if you have:

• Ideally attained membership level of Professional Institution - CIPS qualified or equivalent.
• Significant and demonstrable procurement experience of indirect products and services and IT procurement experience would be desirable.
• Evidential experience and track record of ‘best in class' supply chain delivery in a similar role.
• Experienced communicator with experience of stakeholder management and engagement e.g. heads of departments and managers.
• Experience of costing methods and valuation and ability to analyse financial information and identify risk.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for use. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

You can see our D&I action plan here.

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