Category Manager

What you will do

• Own and deliver category strategies for defined spend areas, aligning to Procurement Senior Manager direction and business objectives, and translating strategy into sourcing pipelines, contracting plans and SRM actions.
• Act as the procurement single point of contact for assigned projects, owning the commercial interface with project managers, engineers, operational leads and budget holders.
• Build and manage effective stakeholder relationships, ensuring early engagement, alignment and clear expectation management across cost, schedule, quality, ESG and risk.
• Partner with stakeholders to shape demand into sourcing strategies, RFx activity, contracts and supply execution plans, balancing competing priorities and business governance.
• Lead complex sourcing and negotiations, including RFx, bid evaluation and preparation of clear, robust commercial award recommendations in line with the Delegation of Authority.
• Apply market intelligence, should‑cost and TCO analysis to support informed decision‑making and drive best value outcomes.
• Identify, challenge and mitigate commercial and supply risks, providing clear advice, recommendations and escalation where required.
• Drive supplier performance and governance, including SRM, KPIs, corrective actions, policy compliance, ISO standards alignment, ERP data quality and accurate reporting.
• Line manage and develop Buyers (1–4), reviewing sub‑category strategies and awards, prioritising workload and acting as first point of escalation for commercial issues.

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