Role: Category Manager - Directs (Chemicals)

Location: Peterborough

Hybrid Working: 1 day PW in Peterborough, 2-3 days a week visiting sites (East Anglia)

Salary: Up to £70k + package

Duration: 1 year FTC (very likely extended)

Excellent opportunity to join a £multi-bn industrial manufacturing company, with an expanding procurement team, making this a diverse and fascinating role that spans a range of specialisms, including food, energy and chemicals. The role is focused on procuring a range of industrial raw materials, such as chemicals, fluxes, limestone and lubricants.

You'll report to the Senior Category Manager for Directs and play a part in mentoring junior team members.

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of project sourcing strategies and detailed category plans to deliver agreed objectives and targeted results.
• Lead the commercial and contractual process with suppliers resulting in robust contractual frameworks
• Plan, manage and deliver strategic and tactical negotiations with suppliers
• Engagement and sponsorship with stakeholders to deliver objectives, offering challenge and support to stakeholders as required
• Managing supplier relationships to ensure necessary contractual arrangements are constructed, negotiated and service level agreements are in place to allow appropriate performance management.
• Supporting and developing the directs procurement team to increase performance and capability
• Ensure procurement tools, systems and processes are kept up to date and are used to the full
• Management of procurement risk and provision of expert market knowledge to support decision making in the business

Requirements:

• Experience procuring directs, ideally including chemicals/industrial indirects, though not required
• Successful delivery of category management, sourcing strategies and project delivery
• Experience of e-procurement tools.
• Analytically strong to interrogate data with well-developed presentation and communication skills.
• Experienced negotiator and strong influential skills to obtain buy in and engagement.
• Ability to coach or mentor other team members and stakeholders across the company and the wider group.
• Self-motivated, resilient and a team player.

If of interest, please apply ASAP or email geoff.hunt@1st-executive.com