Interim Senior Category Manager

Interim Senior Category Manager roles - Indirect, IT and Fleet

Birmingham (good travel routes and free rail travel offered)

Hybrid (2 days per week on site)

£55,000 – £65,000 (PAYE - these roles will not fall outside IR35 so please only apply if you are happy to work at the salary level mentioned)

Potential to become permanent

We have several incredible Interim Senior Category Manager opportunities to work with a Midlands region’s leading consortiums of public transport services. This advert is for an Interim Senior Category Manager for the Indirect categories of the organisation.

The purpose of the role is to build a strong procurement function with the right commercial capability from scratch, identifying potential suppliers and onboarding them across the Indirect categories.

There will be an opportunity to develop knowledge across a varied number of business functions. This role is focused on supporting the Indirect Category, including (but not limited to); Fleet, Catering, Facilities Management (Soft & Hard Services), Digital, Marketing, Professional Services (HR, Legal, Recruitment, Consultancy, IT (including Hardware, Software, Telecoms, and Professional Services) Other Business Support categories.   

As one of the Interim Senior Category Managers, you will develop and manage commercial strategies for spend as well as providing professional advice on procurement matters to stakeholders at all levels to ensure that budgets are spent in accordance with strategy and Financial Regulations.

Although a developing function the organisation values a diverse range of skills and experience, working as one team. They work flexibly, within a project based, delivery focussed environment.

Are you ready for a rewarding challenge?

 Responsibilities: 

• Identify relevant suppliers for categories within the Indirects Division, perform end-to-end tendering process, review of quotes (with assistance from your Category Managers), run full governance checks under UCR and onboard suppliers to framework
• Develop and manage procurement category strategies for a portfolio of categories to achieve the strategic aims and objectives
• Provide professional advice on technical procurement
• Drive commercial and procurement initiatives
• Negotiate and influence senior collective forums (internal and external) to achieve the benefits of collaborative procurement
• Develop and deliver procurement savings plans for specific categories in collaboration with the customers
• Lead and manage complex and strategic procurement projects to ensure their effective delivery in line with customer requirements
• Use your own initiative and commercial acumen to address complex, high value and risk contract spend
• Manage contract reviews for key business critical contracts managed outside of the central procurement function
• Ensure contract performance is managed in line with KPI’s and customer requirements are met or exceeded
• Develop and lead strategic partnerships with key suppliers to share risks and benefits
• Develop and manage sustainable procurement strategies for specific categories and develop an action plan to deliver
• Responsible for delivering specific category management elements of the organisations procurement vision and Business Plan
• Manage Category Officers for specific categories
• Line manage the performance and development of direct reports

Your Experience

• Previous strategic procurement and commercial experience essential
• Proven procurement, category and spend management experience essential
• Previous experience working in a Procurement, Contract or Commercial
• Have Indirect Goods & Services Procurement experience, ideally within Public Sector or transport industry
• Demonstrable experience in managing procurement processes and contracts, including developing and implementing procurement strategies, evaluating bids and negotiating contracts.
• Public or Private Sector Procurement, Contracts or Commercial experience: Local Authority, Housing Association, Central Government, ALMO, Charities, Not-for-profit, Financial Services, Public Sector Transport, Professional Services such as Legal Firms, Central Head office operations such as FMCG. Any related sector experience is considered

Desirable

• Relevant professional procurement qualification, such as MCIPS or equivalent
• Knowledge of public procurement regulations, policies and procedures (UCR / PCR)

What’s on Offer:

• c. 6 months position with potential to become permanent for the right person
• £55,000 - £65,000
• Free Travel with an easily accessible, central site in Birmingham
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid Working 2 days in the office 3 days at home

If have the above experience - ideally public sector, Indirect specialist, UCR and full tender management - please don't hesitate to apply!

Elevation Recruitment Group’s Procurement and Supply Chain division work with a vast range of businesses across Yorkshire and Humberside, Lincolnshire and Midlands regions.