Head of Category - London, United Kingdom - Butler Ross
Description
An extremely exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Category to join a market leading, rapidly growing marine technology organisation on a permanent basis.
This position can be based in eitherChandlers Ford or London (W1U).
This role is a brand new and will sit within the procurement team and is a pivotal role and will be responsible for establishing best practice category strategy, developing, and executing successful commercial category strategy and establishing strong collaborative stakeholder relationships.
:Air Delivery and Control
Role responsibilities of the Head of Category include:
- Develop and execute high performing sourcing and procurement strategies within
Air Delivery and Control category - Construct and manage complex, sophisticated commercial arrangements
- Support relevant teams to align product strategy with the technology available in the global market
- Lead supplier development from a product, cost, quality, and delivery perspective
- Maintain working knowledge of supply chain processes to ensure existing processes exceed industry benchmarks
- Identifying and mitigating risks and opportunities in the supply chain
- Establishing effective supplier relationships and developing with key partners
- Maintaining key relationships with OEMs, professional services, provides, installation providers, logistics partners, installation yards and inservice partners.
Person Specification of the Head of Category:
- Experience working within commercial procurement
- essential
- Exposure within Air Delivery and Control environments such as (air compressors, valves, motors, generators etc)
- essential
- Experience with supplier identification, benchmarking, and commercial risk management
- Stakeholder management at all levels up to and including board level
- Excellent communication written, verbal and presentation skills
Salary
£75,000-£90,000
This role will be well suited to you if you have held a role within purchasing or procurement as a category manager, category specialist, commodity manager, head of purchasing, purchasing manager, head of procurement or commodity specialist
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Salary:
£75,000.00-£90,000.00 per year
Work Location:
In person
Reference ID:
EW4205
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