Software Category Maganer - Tier 1 Financial services
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Location
Manchester
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£40000 - £50000 per annum
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Contact:
George Purkiss
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Contact email:
george.purkiss@1st-executive.com
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Salary high:
50000
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Salary low:
40000
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Job ref:
12345_1658928354
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Published:
over 1 year ago
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Expiry date:
2022-08-26
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Startdate:
ASAP
Duties & Responsibilities
You will become part of our dynamic and high-performing Procurement team, provide crucial commercial services to the businesses in the organisation. You will maximise value for the orgnisation by leading and driving the end-to-end procurement process and demonstrating strategic category management for your portfolio of spend.
You will:
- drive value for money through the identification and delivery of cost savings opportunities in a fast-paced FTSE 100 business environment
- work closely with our key stakeholders across to business to deliver maximum business value through the supply chain
- put in place a category plan which aligns to business strategy and leverages your strong understanding of the external supply market dynamics and trends
- work with autonomy to prioritise and manage your workload to deliver maximum value for the organisation
- ensure risks are effectively managed in the supply chain across the whole end to end process, leveraging the organisation's risk frameworks and tools
Skills & Experience required
- Experience in Procurement or similar Commercial Management roles, ideally having worked within an IT Category Management structure in a variety of environments or industries
- Proven commercial and stakeholder management experience and a strong track record of building internal and external business relationships at all levels
- Possess excellent soft skills, including communication, negotiation and influencing and demonstrate agility in working within ambiguous and fast changing environments
- A strong desire to learn and invest in your own personal and professional development
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- CIPS Membership is advantageou
