Category Manager - Glasgow, United Kingdom - MRD Recruitment

MRD Recruitment
MRD Recruitment
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Glasgow, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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MRD Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting a 12-month FTC for Category Manager (Directs) on behalf of our Engineering client.

My client is a global leader in their respective field and the successful incumbent will report into their Ops Director and bebased in Glasgow.


Key Responsibilities

  • Current annual spend circa £100m
  • Define category strategy and gain buyin from key stakeholders including operating companyspecific initiatives to execute strategy.
  • Drive collaboration and best practice sharing among category representatives in all business units.
  • Continuously build and deliver savings initiatives and achieve all business targets.
  • Lead and develop bestinclass supplier management
  • Support new suppliers and ensure measures are put in place to improve on quality, OTD, & costs.
  • Identify & lead the identification and execution of opportunities with suppliers.
  • Identify opportunities to utilize technology advancements or market changes for cost and quality improvements.
  • Identify and minimize supply chain risks for category (Directs).
  • Collaborate and identify suppliers that can improve cost while maintaining highlevels of quality and delivery.
  • The role holder will be expected to travel frequently to other sites.

Essential skills

  • STEM Degree is preferential, but not essential
  • Previous strategic sourcing experience in a direct category/s capacity
  • Experience of working across multiple locations,
  • Strong leadership skills and ability to influence stakeholders
  • Strategic focus with the ability to analyse, formulate and implement strategic procurement strategies to significantly reduce cost
  • Excellent team player with the ability to work with multiple customers
  • Strong ethical and integrity standards
  • Sets personal deliverables and maintains commitment
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to clearly present ideas, concepts and processes

Further skills and behaviours

  • Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
  • Comfortable to adapt in an environment of complexity and changing priorities.
  • Effective problem identification and solution skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively at various levels of seniority in the business
  • Manages challenging assignments in a global environment.
  • Ability to inspire innovative performance of peers and suppliers
  • Constructively challenge senior management and influence their approach on key programme / project issues.
  • The Category Manager is expected to manage the job priorities and workload, in order to ensure deliverables are completed to the agreed timescales.
  • The Category Manager is expected to communicate professionally in all aspects of the role
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