Procurement Category Manager

Title: Procurement Category Manager

Sector: Manufacturing

Location: Southampton / Hybrid

Salary & Package: £60,000 - £70,000 + bonus + a strong benefits package.

Sea Global are delighted to be partnering with a market leading business at the forefront of their industry who are looking for an experienced procurement professional to join their team. They have recently gone through some changes across the company and it is a really exciting time to get involved in the business.

Reporting into the Director of Procurement, they will be responsible for leading and developing the indirect categories, looking after the spend across all UK & Ireland sites, managing a small team, and championing procurement improvements and cost-savings across the sites.

They are ideally looking for someone that has end-to-end procurement experience across a range of indirect and direct categories from a manufacturing or similar environment.

Please read on and get in touch for more details:

Role & Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic sourcing strategies across multiple different indirect categories.
• Responsible for leading end-to-end procurement including Tenders, Negotiation, Supplier Relationship Management, Contract Management, and Spend Data Analysis.
• Build relationships with local and international suppliers, negotiating and ensuring deals align with business activities.
• Support and manage multiple projects from cradle to grave, driving strategy and communicating risks with the team & business.
• Develop and lead procurement process across sourcing and operational procurement processes.

Experience & Requirements

• End-to-end procurement experience across a range of categories including Freight, Utilities, Telecoms, PPE, MRO, Recruitment, Marketing etc.
• Experience with direct spend will be beneficial but not essential.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced market, demonstrating excellent supplier and stakeholder management skills.
• Can undertake work and projects on their own initiative.
• Ideally degree and/or MCIPS qualified (however, this is not at all essential)