Senior Category Manager – HALTED

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Category Manager in Manchester.

Pay rate: £250-£500 umbrella – per day (paid weekly)

Hours: Full time – Hybrid role (2 days in office per week).

Contract duration: Temporary ongoing

Purpose:  

• Lead and deliver high quality, innovative and intelligence led category management across a range of spend area, to support the transformation of Procurement to a category management approach.
• Build strong working relationships with senior service colleagues, commissioners category teams, contract managers, suppliers and external partners. To work in partnership with colleagues as directed by the Head of Service.
• Lead and deliver high value category procurement exercises, which secure the goods, works and services that most appropriately identify the addressed needs of our customers, residents and users whilst ensuring value for money, compliance with relevant policy and procurement legislation and generating cashable and non-cashable efficiencies throughout the life of our contracts.
• Provide commercial and market intelligence to internal customers to support strategic planning and project delivery.
• Be fully engaged and embedded within a specific service area of the council and play a proactive role in developing a commercial strategy to meet the needs of that Directorate.

Essential Experience:

• A track record of designing and implementing innovative category strategies and achieving value for money through effective procurement, with a demonstrable track record of achievement
• Experience in the preparation analysis, interpretation and reporting of procurement management information
• Experience of developing positive working relationships at a senior level and influencing policy decisions
• Experience of working with, or on behalf of, partner organisations to achieve benefits for both organisations
• Experience of team management, including setting direction and objectives that clearly show team and individual contribution to service and organisation vision
• Significant experience of formation of contracts and development of procurement strategies that deliver the best commercial outcome
• Experience of maximising Social Value outcomes within the tendering process

Apply online or contact Terri O’Keefe on 07879 585551. You can also email terri@peelsolutions.co.uk  for more information on this role.