Accountabilities

• Develop and deliver short and long term category strategies across HR, Marketing & Digital.
• Define and develop consecutive annual sourcing pipelines which will drive total value and cost savings against agreed targets.
• Take ownership of all category sourcing activity. i.e RFI/RFP development, negotiation, pricing models and implementation.
• Drive change by collaborating with and influencing key stakeholders.
• Perform detailed analysis of suppliers within your market.
• Uphold effective and consistent communication with key stakeholders within all departments.
• Managing contracts of strategic suppliers and holding them accountable to long term business objectives.
• Supplier segmentation strategies and optimising the supply base.
• Re-negotiating of legacy agreements where required.
• Forming strong working relationships with operations and finance teams and contributing to budgets, advising any shortfall/ benefits for the coming years.
• Manage internal and external benchmarking on portfolio of categories.
• Ensuring that category spend, supplier management and contract databases are maintained.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Ability to influence and build relationships with suppliers and stakeholders.
• MCIPS or working towards MCIPS status highly desirable.

• Demonstrable track record in managing supplier relationships and improving performance

• Leadership qualities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills