Global Category Manager - Mro

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Job overview:

This is a short-term contract role, offering a permanent placement for the right candidate.

The MRO & Engineering Services Category Manager (CM) is responsible for elements of the spend, strategic planning and leadership of selected initiatives within the MRO & Engineering Services Category. The scope of the MRO & Engineering Services CM role includes responsibility for associated expenditure within the parameters of the role. Specifically, but not exhaustively, the F MRO & Engineering Services CM has responsibility for stakeholder and supplier engagement activities associated with MRO & Engineering Services Categorysuch as Tooling/Fixtures, Spare parts/Hardware, Lab. Services, Consumables/PPE, Gages, Chemicals and Gases, Scrap/Asset disposal, Expensed Lab. Equipment and Uniforms. The MRO & Engineering Services CM supports the development of the MRO & Engineering Services Category strategy owned by MRO & Engineering Services GCM. The MRO & Engineering Services CM establishes and proactively manages key business stakeholder relationships, leads proactive sourcing projects, influences specification definition & demand management, as well as managing Category specific supplier performance and innovation activities.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing Procurement Category input into the Global Category Manager in order to inform the functional objective setting process
• Accountable for the delivery of specific elements of the MRO & Engineering Services Categories target following engagement in the target setting process.
• Responsible for the collection of suppliers, supply market, category and internal business data and information for elements of the MRO & Engineering Services Categories
• Responsible for supporting the development of the Global Category Strategy for MRO & Engineering Services, including relevant stakeholder approval (members of the MRO & Engineering Services LT)
• Responsible for the communication of distribution of selected Category specific strategies to the relevant stakeholders (members of MRO & Engineering Services LT)
• Accountable for identifying key supplier risks within the MRO & Engineering Services Categories and agreeing mitigating activities with the relevant business stakeholders.
• Accountable for ensuring that any supplier performance risks and issues are resolved on a timely basis
• Responsible for supporting the development and the execution of selected projects based on the MRO & Engineering Services Category strategies and supporting business planning activities that feed into the Annual Procurement Category Plan for MRO & Engineering Services
• Accountable for ensuring the Category projects agreed to within the Global MRO & Engineering Services Category Strategies are executed in a timely basis in line with the targeted goals.
• Responsible for leading proactive sourcing activity for the MRO & Engineering Services Categories
• Responsible for supporting the establishment of the overall MRO & Engineering Services Category segmentation and identification of key supplier relationships.
• Accountable for supporting the implementation of consistent KPIs for the MRO & Engineering Services Categories.
• Accountable for the management of selected strategic MRO & Engineering Services Category supplier relationships, as agreed in the supplier segmentation process.
• Responsible for proactively supporting the S&N innovation agenda with strategic suppliers within the MRO & Engineering Services Categories, in line with S&N objectives.
• Responsible for the creation, application, completion, and review of major contracts for the MRO & Engineering Services Categories
• Accountable for ensuring that relevant activities delivered by Regional Implementation team members / GBS Procurement team members within the MRO & Engineering Services Categories are in line with the overall Category strategy.
• Accountable for ensuring negotiated contracts are clearly communicated to business stakeholders for the MRO & Engineering Services Categories, and that they are consistently applied.
• Responsible for monitoring compliance and adherence to Smith & Nephew Procurement policies and procedures within the MRO & Engineering Services Categories.
• Responsible for ensuring internal issues within the MRO & Engineering Services Categories are addressed and resolved in a timely manner.