Responsibilities:
- The Category Manager will sit on relevant stakeholder committees and positively influence appropriate forums of the businesses/ functions.
The Category Manager will also be responsible for the following:
- Supporting the creation of sub-category strategies and plans to achieve or exceed agreed savings targets for the category.
- Driving business outcomes and behaviours with subject matter expertise to drive value through the category planning lifecycle.
- Constantly monitoring supplier market and identify opportunities resulting from new product offerings and/or market shifts (e.g. entry or exit of suppliers, changes in pricing, risk on category).
- Seeking alternatives to current category specifications/ demand parameters.
- Continually monitoring buying channel compliance for the business/ function with whom they own the Procurement relationship and driving corrective action as necessary.
Skills desired:
- Has up-to 15 years of IT Procurement/Sourcing roles
- At least 5 years of experience in Category management/Portfolio defined roles
- Experience in leading large, complex negotiations on software applications and implementation services with key Supplier’s such as of Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, SAP etc.
- Experience in leading Supplier Management and third party risk frameworks for the above large Suppliers’
- Demonstrates delivery of category plan and meeting savings targets
- Understand wide range of licensing applications and negotiating best in class
- Has degree or CIPS related qualification
If interested, please apply below. Alternatively, email chris.norton@goodmanmasson.com
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