Category Manager - Coventry, United Kingdom - Cadent

Cadent
Cadent
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Coventry, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Description

Category Manager

Contract Type:
Permanent


Location:
Ansty, Coventry, CV7 9JU


Salary:
£58,500 - £74,750 depending on qualifications and experience


About the role
Leading a small team, the Category Manager will be accountable for the sourcing and supplier management.

Responsible for ensuring that the needs of the business are met, and commercial value is driven through the supply chain, by working collaborativelywith the business to identify and deliver these improvements.

Be responsible for understanding the future contract needs of the business, reviewing the market profile and ensuring the Procurement Plan and Category Strategies reflect this.


Key Accountabilities

  • Supports and leads team towards departmental vision and acts as a catalyst for change and has the ability to influence business strategy
  • Motivates and inspire their teams to deliver against ever increasing challenging business targets
  • Accountability for measuring team results and taking corrective action when required
  • Effectively manages resource levels to ensure delivery whilst maintaining/reducing operating costs
  • Networks with business and industry peers to drive improvement
  • Effectively networks and brings commercial/procurement expertise to senior stakeholders
  • Accountable for direct reports performance and developing talent for succession
  • Recognises individual performance and has the ability to address nonperformance
  • Accountable for aligning broader business objectives to the team objectives and working with the team to understand how they can impact these

About You

  • Previous experience of category management and strategic sourcing or a commercial role
  • Experience of working collaboratively with stakeholders to identify commercial opportunities across the value stream
  • Track record of delivering sustainable commercial savings
  • Driving change initiatives using lean principles
  • Experience in influencing and negotiating with stakeholders in order to drive commercial savings

Benefits
We offer a host of benefits to suit your lifestyle and support your well-being


These include:

  • Annual bonus
  • Pension Scheme double matched up to a total of 18% of salary (i.e., employee contributions of up to 6%, double matched by a Cadent contribution of up to 12%)
  • 25 days holiday, plus statutory days, and an option to buy more
  • Fantastic career development prospects with funded learning options, including support with exams, and internal and external learning and development
  • Strong focus on supporting you as an individual including:
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- hybrid working

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- flexible working

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- strong commitments to ED&I

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- generous family provision policies

  • Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, insurance, and healthcare packages, plus much more
  • My Offers membership card offering discounts and savings from hundreds of retailers
  • 2 paid volunteering days per year
  • Free gym access at the Ansty office, as well as a 'Gympass' scheme providing free or heavily subsidised local gym memberships


We want our employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to discuss flexible working options with you if the role can accommodate it.

Let us know about your flexibility requirements, whether that be reduced hours, remote working, flexiblestart/finish times, or compressed hours, and we will be more than happy to explore what's possible for the role.


About Us


At Cadent we're excited to be part of the future of UK energyWe've got a clear roadmap that will drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving its net zero targets by 2050.

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