Interim Procurement Manager - Convenience Retail - £340 to 440 per day

My client, a global leader in Oil and Gas, are seeking an experienced Category Manager in Convenience Retail procurement, to support their newly-created, global category for goods and services. This contract is an initial 6 months, paying between £340 and £440 per day depending on experience, based in Milton Keynes.

Role:

The Category Manager is responsible for end to end category performance, strategy and implementation, ensuring optimisation and fufilment of business requirements

You will:

• Use market expertise to create transformative category strategies
• Create effective implementation plans and support implementation to agreed timelines
• Hold accountability for sourcing, negotiation and contract activity
• Effectively engage with and manage business stakeholders, securing buy-in
• Manage relaitonships with key regional and global suppliers
• Oversee contract management and performance reporting
  
  

Requirements:

• Around 10 years' related experience in Category Management, sourcing, contracting, tactical procurement and supplier management
• Procurement experience in retail or ideally goods for resale
• Strong skills of commercial negotiation and influence and supplier performance management
• Demonstrable ability to manage key stakeholders
• Experience working internationally and across multiple sites
  
  

If this roles sounds interesting, please apply ASAP, or email Claire.Shipman@1st-executive.com