Are you looking to join one of the most prestigious automotive organisations?

Does working within an environment surrounded by innovation excite you?

Do you want to be a key contributor to the growth of the marketing of a global brand?

If so, please review the information below.

Title: Marketing Category Manager

Location: Surrey
Salary: Up to £50k + Bonus + Benefits

Role:

• Full procurement life-cycle responsibility and autonomy for sourcing of high quality, value for money goods and services utilising best-in-class practices.
• Monitor and manage relationships, performance and synergies across the supplier base to improve capability and effectiveness.
• Develop and lead negotiation strategies for large and complex projects and contracts, influencing and challenging authority where necessary.

• Act as the liaison with their suppliers, ensuring stakeholder requirements and concerns are fully understood and ensure these are fed back during the appropriate stages to the suppliers
• Applying expert judgement which will allow collaboratively, well balanced commercial decisions.
• Work cross-functionally with stakeholder departments to ensure quality, service and commercial rigour into every aspect of our business.

Experience:

• 1 - 5 years indirect category procurement experience, ideally across Marketing.
• Educated to degree level and/or CIPS qualified
• Excellent influencing and interpersonal skills. Happy to challenge authority.
• Ability to manage stakeholders who span all levels of authority within the business. This will include Directors, Heads and Managers and also externally with their Supplier base.
• Excellent organisational skills, deadline adherence and exceptional attention to accuracy and detail.
• Excellent written and presentational skills
• Able to demonstrate a methodical approach towards problem solving.

If you believe you have the relevant skills, please apply or send me an email to discuss further - brad.mills@1st-executive.com