Category Manager

Are you an experienced Category Manager, who is looking to work in a fast-paced, global, market-leading company?

Here at Innovative Technology, we have an exciting new role for a Category Manager to join our talented team working from our global head office in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

The Category Manager role overview:

To identify and select the best suppliers based on their potential to contribute and to introduce vendor development programs to improve efficiency and quality while reducing costs.

Your Responsibilities as a Category Manager:

• Assess the essential skills, capabilities, and capacity of potential vendors, taking into account their competitive positioning.
• Use standard industry cost models and benchmarking analysis to ensure the selection of suitable suppliers aligns with our strategic sourcing strategy.
• Collaborate with Finance and business leaders to pinpoint and implement cost-saving measures aimed at lowering the overall cost of ownership
• Provide guidance and support to internal stakeholders, including engineering, planning, purchasing, and sales teams to develop sourcing strategies.
• To analyse markets across multiple business lines to organise and improve the ITL sourcing processes.
• Performing regular reviews of suppliers and implementing projects to drive the business forward.       
• Provision of purchasing analysis reports to have the ability to show spending amounts in different sectors and to highlight specific areas that require greater focus.   

 Your Skills & Experience:

• Minimum degree level Qualification in either Engineering, Supply Chain Management or Business Economics.
• Excellent communicator with proven supply chain management and negotiation skills allied to strong technical, and financial acumen.
• An in-depth knowledge of working with LEAN tools and KPI’s to aid improved business efficiency, costs, and quality control initiatives.
• Experience of preparing and presenting detailed reports to highlight areas of the business where cost savings and improved reliability of supply would be achieved.
• Persuasive and influential with an exceptionally high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple suppliers across a range of technologies.

Your Package & Perks:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working hours  
• Paid breaks, with free hot premium drinks
• 32 days holiday, (including Public Holidays)
• Enhanced Pension Contribution
• A choice of healthcare schemes
• Dental Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Electric Car Scheme   
• Onsite electric car charging points and staff car workshop     
• Free secure parking
• Free onsite modern gym
• Educational Sponsorship
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Informal dress code             

We’re Innovative…

Trading for over 30 years here at Innovative Technology, where we now have offices on five continents and employ around 400 people, with over 150 based from our state-of-the-art R&D hub.

From self-service checkouts to arcade machines, we provide our retail, banking, kiosk, vending, gaming and amusement customers with products and services that help them securely accept automated payments, with our industry-leading technology keeping us at the forefront of our sector. We also provide facial analysis technology for age estimation and control access for some of the world’s leading companies.

By being true to our values of Innovation, Collaboration, Respect, and Drive we’ve seen significant growth and won numerous domestic and international awards, whilst offering outstanding career opportunities and great benefits. You’ll find us on the edge of the Pennines and less than half an hour from central Manchester, with modern offices, free parking, and excellent transport links.

We are a disability-confident employer, as such we will shortlist all candidates meeting our minimum criteria (as specified in the job description) who state they have a disability within their application.

What’s next?

If you’re an experienced Category Manager and want to join our award-winning team working on the latest cutting-edge technology, we want to hear from you.

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