Senior Category Manager

About the role:

We’re looking for a Senior Category Manager (Internally known as Senior Buyer) to join our growing Procurement team and play a key role in taking responsibility for the delivery of procurement activity within business services across all categories such as Marketing, HR, Professional Services and Facilities to deliver a robust, cost effective and committed supply base capable of supporting significant growth expectations.

The post holder will work with stakeholders to develop tender/RFP and contract documents for procurement activity whilst championing and driving continuous improvements.

So, whether you’re currently a Buyer, Senior Buyer, Category Manager, or Procurement Specialist looking for a step up or just a new challenge this exciting role will offer a host of development opportunities as part of a global team.

Day to Day you will:

• Developing strong working relationships with key stakeholders and to work in a way that positively engages the support of stakeholders.

• Influencing peers to promote and implement the procurement related strategies, endorse professional procurement involvement and standard practices.

• To have a keen insight and understanding of business services roadmap of upcoming demand and requirements.

• Lead or support as necessary all RFx, sourcing process, negotiation, and contracting activities.

• Manage the purchase order process by ensuring exemplary control and compliance to contract.

• Identifying and driving continuous improvement of processes.

• Delivering on targets (savings, cash flow, cost reduction depending on business focus) to drive improvements in operating margin and deliver the businesses strategic priorities.

• Ensure effective supplier relationship management and governance with supporting KPI’s.

• Undertake market analysis to identify new opportunities to drive value

• Production/automation of standard and bespoke reporting for stakeholders

Essential Skills & Experience:

• A relevant qualification and/or relevant commercial procurement experience and expertise ideally within the procurement of business services

• Evidence of developing as a procurement professional

• Fully PC literate - You’ll be happy using Microsoft Office

• Strong negotiation skills

• Understanding the concept of Third-Party risk

• Strong internal and external stakeholder management

• Good reporting skills

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Knowledge of P2P software i.e., Coupa

• A CIPS qualification would win you some brownie points but isn’t essential

TransUnion - a place to grow:

We know that you may not possess every aspect of the essential and/or desirable skills listed above but if there’s something you can’t tick off, don’t let that put you off applying as we could explore training for you.

What’s In It For you?

At TransUnion you will be joining a friendly, forward thinking global business.

As well as an excellent salary and bonus scheme or commission scheme (if joining our sales teams) our benefits package comes with:

• 26 days’ annual leave + bank holidays (increasing with service)

• Global paid wellness days off + a bonus day off to celebrate your birthday

• A generous contributory pension scheme + access to the TransUnion Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Private health care + a variety of physical, mental and financial fitness wellbeing programmes such as access to mindfulness tools

• Access to our diversity forums and communities so you can get involved in causes close to your heart

Working Pattern
Our work style for this position is 'hybrid’, which involves spending 40% of your working week at one of our office sites so you’ll need to live within a sensible commutable distance from our office. We’re happy to talk flexible working.

Interview & Hiring Process
Most of our recruitment processes are virtual, so you’ll get to know our hiring managers and teams over the phone and through video. If we need you to attend a physical in person interview your recruiter will inform you of this.

Reasonable Adjustments
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend an interview with us please make us aware of this on your application.