Hourly rate: £48,526 – £51,000

Sellick Partnership are representing a well-known public sector organisation in Nottingham. They are looking for a dynamic Senior Category Manager on a permanent basis, whom will be responsible for leading specific strategic souring programme for defined categories across the organisations. This opportunity requires a professional who can support the best possible service and will need to able to provide advice on professional procurement and business knowledge.

Our client is looking for a highly experienced and qualified procurement manager, who is able to provide market knowledge and drive the implementation of a category management strategy and effective procurement process in order to deliver breakthrough performance in cost, service and quality

Key responsibilities for the Senior Category Manager are;

  • Running complex OJEU procurements
  • Manage multiple senior stakeholders ensuring that they are kept up to date
  • Report and Present as required in both written and verbal format
  • Lead on large and complex procurement activities, deliver saving and other best possible outcomes such as cost reduction
  • Demonstrate change management and stakeholder management skills across decentralised business units
  • Identify best practice and leveraging the organisations spend within a category
  • Seek out and engage with appropriate stakeholders up to board level to provide information and insight to support the development of the strategic options
  • Lead on the negotiation and completion of contracts to support the category strategy
  • Promote procurement outside the procurement function and promote change and development as and when required
  • To be a member of the Procurement Senior Management Team to deliver a co-ordinate a workplan in a timely manner across the organisation and ensure that the best practices are maintained whilst ensuring best value is also achieved at all level
  • Advise and support the Divisional Management Teams on service design and provision
  • Ensure Contract compliance across the organisation, pursuing procurement excellence through implementation of efficient and effective projects
  • Take ownership for unresolved problems/queries that are escalated and assure they are resolved in an agreed timeline
  • Impart skills and transfer knowledge to the category and buying teams in order to assist with their skills development
  • Produce regular capacity and performance reports and deliver to the Deputy Head of Procurement

The Ideal candidate for the Senior Category Manager will have;

  • Be a member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) or similar appropriate professional institute or relevant experience
  • MBA or similar qualification or equivalent
  • Experience and Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
  • Experience and Evidence of having undertaken supply chain management training
  • Experience and Evidence of having undertaken purchasing procedure workshops and other specialist courses
  • Be able to demonstrate advances IT skills including specialist software for contract management, e-tendering, e-auction and more
  • Experience of being a Senior Category Manager for a minimum of 5 years’
  • Experience and knowledge of current EU Procurement directives and UK legislation
  • Experience in people management
  • Experience within a commercial setting in either the private or public sector

The Senior Category Manager will need to able to be an excellent communicator, with experience of dealing with a range of experience to provide the organisation with a professional who is compassionate, committed, inclusive, creative and a visionary leader. Furthermore, they will be able to demonstrate the ability to analyse complicated requests and determine the urgency of a situation, and they will have the ability to reach timely and effective decisions based on the appropriate information.

If you believe that you are well-suited to this excellent opportunity of Senior Category Manager, please