Procurement Category Manager

Exp: 5 - 6 yrs.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement, the Category Manager is responsible for developing and executing category sourcing strategies to deliver agreed procurement objectives in line with the overall business strategy.

Job Description
-Identify the category strategy and a rolling program of areas to be addressed within the procurement category.
-Establish and liaise between cross-functional teams to manage the development and implementation of the procurement category strategy and agree the strategy with the Head of Procurement and internal customer departments.
-Deliver the procurement category strategy including sourcing activities which generate benefits and achieve financial savings targets through insight and analysis of category and sub categories areas, including: Analysis of procurement spend and supply base to establish suppliers per procurement category and sub category.
-Analysis of supply markets to identify potential suppliers and market trends.
-Identification of internal and external cost drivers in the categories.
-Development of savings opportunities and benchmarking of industry standards and practices to identify quick win opportunities.
-Preparation of pre RFX and RFX documents in conjunction with key user departments.
-Use leading practice procurement tools to develop and implement the sourcing strategies including:
o Supply market positioning
o Supply base profiles
o Supplier assessment
o Supplier financial analysis
o Request For Information (RFI), Request For Proposal (RFP), Request For Quotation (RFQ)
o Service level agreements
o Auctions
o Summary of quotations
o Cost analysis
o Objective decision making
-Negotiate contractual agreements with suppliers to ensure that service, quality, added value, total cost, security of supply and the deployment of the suppliers’ capabilities in innovation are secured.
-Manage and develop supplier relationships and ongoing negotiations, for the procurement category and sub categories, using leading practice procurement tools (such as cost trend analysis, price change analysis and supplier performance reviews) to deliver breakthrough performance in cost, service and quality; keep internal customers informed and involved in ongoing supplier management.
-Maximize the use of the company’s funds by identifying best practices and leveraging spend for the procurement category and sub categories.
-Assist with the development of new processes, procedures and solutions for the purchasing system and identify any category specific requirements.
Recognised as a procurement professional.
Desired Candidate Profile

- Bachelor of Science in Business Management, Engineering or any relevant field.
-At least 5 years of previous procurement experience with responsibility for delivery of a procurement category strategy and procurement category benefits including financial savings.

-CPM, CPSM or MCIPS qualified is desirable.
-In depth knowledge of procurement within their procurement category.
-Excellent analytical skills.
-Excellent interpersonal skills.
-Good influencing skills at senior levels to influence acceptance of a new way of working.
-Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, at all levels, are essential.
-Good IT skills to include wide experience of word documents, Excel spread sheets (including pivot tables and charts) and PowerPoint.
-Excellent planning and organisational skills.
-Good negotiation skills.
Keyword: Procurement Category Manager

Contact Details
Name/ Designation:
Ms Ruchi Tara - Business Development Manager
LandLine:
00965 22622757 Ext 201
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