Category Manager - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Ascendant Recruitment

Ascendant Recruitment

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Category Manager

Hybrid Working/Milton Keynes

Permanent role - salary £31,000 - £39,000 (DOE)

Excellent Benefits and flexible hours
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work in the category team within the public sector. You will deliver strategic sourcing planning, demand management, tendering, and negotiation across a range of categories

Key Duties will include:

Create and implement Sourcing Plans that meet business requirements
Procurement lead on lower risk, lower value or less complex tenders; undertake all aspects of tendering process from specification of requirements, prequalification invitation to tender, evaluation methodology and contract management planning
Analyse data across a range of goods and services
Contribute to the development, maintenance and effective delivering of category strategies to support the business
Provide specialist procurement advice
Review tenders and related documentation produced by self and team to ensure compliance with UK regulations.

Essential requirements

Recent experience of working in a procurement environment and substantial experience in tendering of supplies and services
Working knowledge of procurement policies, standards, processes and practices
Relevant data analysis and decisionmaking
Knowledge of UK procurement regulations and corporate governance
Adaptable communication and influencing skills