Category Lead

Opportunity: Category Lead
Salary: £500 - £ 600 per day (inside IR35)
Location: Hybrid multiple locations
Contract Duration: 12 months

We are currently looking for a Category Lead for our government client. This Category Lead role is hybrid, based between 2-3 days per week on site and the remainder of the week working remotely, plus client meetings as needed.

The contract for the Category Lead position is initially for 12 months, offering a daily rate within the range of £ 500 to £ 600, operating inside IR35.

Security Clearance: Security Check (SC Clearance)

This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role, it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.

Role Profile/Responsibilities:

As Category Lead you will be responsible for the leadership and management of a busy and highly motivated team and/or crisis response activity, with a sharp focus on developing and delivering the category strategy and delivering strong commercial solutions to Central Government and Wider Public Sector customers, while building extensive market insights that can help shape the structure of future frameworks and how we support crisis response.
There will be a strong emphasis on building and maintaining strategic relationships with colleagues, industry bodies, customers, suppliers and senior stakeholders to deliver the category strategy and complex commercial sourcing solutions in order to achieve the best outcomes for the public sector and the public purse.

• Excellent communication, leadership and people skills, with ability to guide and coach team members.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, customer focused with good commercial acumen.
• Demonstrable experience of working proactively, in a fast paced, commercial environment, delivering projects with a track record of achieving strong commercial results.
• Travel Industry experience, passion and knowledge.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances and support senior team members during crisis support activities.
• Supporting the creation, execution and evolution of a world class, market leading category strategy for UK and Global travel across Central Government (CG) and the Wider Public Sector (WPS) in complex markets, transforming category management. Will also support the development of the wider business and organisational strategies.
• Leading the development and delivery of commercial solutions, including market and stakeholder engagement activities to incorporate industry and customer input into category and sourcing strategies.
• Developing market sector knowledge and applying this to create a deep understanding of customer requirements, market capability and potential opportunities.
• Building relationships of influence with senior customers, strategic suppliers and industry leaders.
• Liaise with Account Managers and other relevant personnel to ensure "one voice" and to support and coordinate initiatives that develop the sub-category offering, including new products and services where appropriate.
• Lead the category response and provide proactive and flexible support to the SCS1 in supporting customers during periods of crisis and/or high priority Citizen programmes requiring urgent and often complex and large-scale travel management solutions and guidance.
• Line management responsibility for a small team of Category Managers (if required).
• Travel in and round the UK as required and requested.
• Use market expertise and knowledge to spot trends and change markets accordingly, leading market engagement activities and other team members in sharing this information with customers
• Demonstrate significant proactivity, flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities and when required work "out of hours" on complex and high-profile projects.

If you are interested in the above role, please click Apply Now and send a CV for immediate review.

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