Procurement Category Manager

Job Title: Procurement Category Manager Job Location: Sunbury-on-Thames Contract Length: 12 Months Industry: Oil and Energy, Procurement, Retail Working Hours: 8 per day/ 40 per week What you will do:

• Provide category leadership for key sub-categories of spend in support of the global category.
• Lead category management and global supplier relationship management, managing end-to-end spend to mitigate supply-chain risk and maximise value, including sustainability.
• Develop innovative category strategies and guidance that support business objectives and efficient end-to-end execution.
• Build senior stakeholder relationships, develop supply-market insight and translate evolving business needs into actionable category plans.
• Create value through transformational strategies and cross-functional collaboration, working with delivery teams to support local execution.
• Initial focus on retail real estate and group audit, however, the role may flex over time towards business value. What you will have:
• Degree educated, preferably in a procurement-related subject, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Postgraduate qualification related to procurement is desirable.
• Category management, procurement process and category strategy development.
• Experience with procurement activities for Real Estate, Design and Construction, Engineering and capex related programmes.
• Commercial acumen, analytical thinking and translation of business requirements into actionable plans.
• Stakeholder management, influencing, storytelling, communication and change management.
• Strategic supplier relationship management and progressive partnership/contracting models.
• Global project and initiative leadership across multicultural environments.
• Market insight, data-driven decision-making, digital transformation, AI and automation awareness.
• Collaboration across procurement, business teams and suppliers in a complex multinational organisation.