Procurement Category Manager | Property & FM (Various locations)
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Christian Rowles
Procurement Category Manager – FM & Property | £65,000 to £78,000 | £6,000 car allowance | 12% bonus | 30 days holiday + BH | Private healthcare | 12% matched pension + plus many other benefits | Milton Keynes, Glasgow or Bradford – 3 days a week | A global Banking and Financial services brand
This business are going through a large procurement transformation with an aim to simplifying procurement, by a new more traditional set up of categorised teams managing full end to procurement across their designated spend areas.
You’ll be owning the FM, Property and Real Estate categories in this role for any of their properties in the UK and globally, so having previous extensive category expertise in this areas is a must.
Cultural fit is also a huge deciding factor when looking to hire this position – they want to keep their collaborative team based culture which everyone is bought in to, so being on board with this is a key trait.
Role and responsibilities:
- Create category strategies through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
- Develop group wide category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
- Engage, manage and influence senior stakeholders from Director to Board level to ensure buy-in, utilising strong market knowledge
- Build relationships with key stakeholders to ensure a rounded knowledge of a suppliers performance
- Monitor supplier risk and performance through reporting tools and business feedback
- Be a Procurement role model by living company values, consistently delivering to the high standards expected, promoting procurement through relationships
- On top over delivering strategic projects, ensure the business is getting the best service in line with cost efficiency
Experience and requirements:
- Extensive category management experience in FM, Real Estate or Property
- Worked in a regulated industry such as Banking, Financial Services, Insurance or Professional Services (preferrable)
- Private sector procurement experience, ideally working for a global business
- Previous experience working on complex global projects, dealing with Tier 1 suppliers of significant values
- Confident in engaging and influencing senior level stakeholders, and across various regions
- A highly strategic mindset when approaching procurement, suppliers and business needs
- Excellent communications skills when dealing with contacts in different cultures and countries
- Able to adapt in a very fast paced, continuously changing environment
- MCIPS qualified, nice to have but not essential
Apply directly or email your CV to christian@talentdrive.co.uk
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