Senior Category Manager - Hillingdon, United Kingdom - Langley Search & Selection Ltd

Langley Search & Selection Ltd

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Hillingdon, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

My Client is a leading organisation in the Transport sector. They are currently looking for a Senior Category Lead. Leading a team of up to nine Procurement Managers.

The Senior Category Lead will have experience in Capex, FM, Engineering, Utilities & fuels,The Senior Category Lead will report to the Head of Procurement Ops, helping internal stakeholders gain best value from their spend portfolio.

You will join the current team in delivering strategic projects.

You will work closely with the rest of the team to run tendering processes, utilities & energy contract negotiations and ongoing vendor management.

You will get immediately involved in projects that are currently running and must be able to manage procurementprojects to tight deadlines.

Skills required:

Capex, Engineering, FM & Utilities experience sourcing and procurement experience, across the subcategories of water, fitouts, fire, civils and more
Expertise in Contract drafting and negotiation, ideally with the CIPS contract law module
Building relationships with key divisions and individuals to ascertain and understand stakeholder, business and customer requirements, strategy, challenges and opportunities.
Experience in developing best practice governance, procedures and policies which protect the business from risk
Strong stakeholder management expertise, the ability to build relationships with stakeholders up to csuite.

Experience Required:

Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent
Excellent leadership. Team management experience. The ability to coach and develop.
Procurement technical skills including negotiation skills, contract drafting, drafting of relevant RfPs etc and use of category management techniques in setting category plans
The ability to draw together requirements across multiple or individual business units and gain consensus on the procurement plan from the business.
Technical understanding of utilities markets
Excellent interpersonal/influencing skills.
Demonstrate you are a team player, and a good networker who will add value to any team.

Langley Search & Selection (langleysearch. com) is the leading specialist recruiter in the procurement, supply chain and purchasing field. We manage permanent and interim procurement and supply chain jobs across the UK, Europe and globally for our clients,from large global multinationals to SMEs