Category Manager (Indirects)

Title: Category Manager (Indirects)

Sector: Electrical Goods Manufacturing

Location: Southampton / Flexible

Salary & Package: £60,000 - £70,000 (DOE) + bonus + a strong benefits package.

Sea Global are delighted to be partnering with a market leading business at the forefront of their industry who are looking for an experienced procurement professional to join their team. They are currently going through a transformation and it is a really exciting time to get involved in a global business.

Reporting into the Director of Procurement, they will be responsible for leading and developing the indirect categories, looking after the spend across all UK & Ireland sites, managing a small team, and championing procurement across the sites.

They are ideally looking for someone that has end-to-end procurement experience across a range of indirect and direct categories from a manufacturing or similar environment.

Please read on and get in touch for more details:

Role & Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic sourcing strategies across multiple different indirect categories.
• Responsible for leading end-to-end procurement including Tenders, Negotiation, Supplier Relationship Management, Contract Management, and Spend Data Analysis.
• Build relationships with local and international suppliers, negotiating and ensuring deals align with business activities.
• Support and manage multiple projects from cradle to grave, driving strategy and communicating risks with the team & business.
• Develop and lead procurement process across sourcing and operational procurement processes.

Experience & Requirements

• End-to-end procurement experience across a range of categories including Freight, Utilities, Telecoms, PPE, MRO, Recruitment, Marketing etc.
• Experience with direct spend will be beneficial but not essential.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced market, demonstrating excellent supplier and stakeholder management skills.
• Can undertake work and projects on their own initiative.
• Ideally degree and/or MCIPS qualified (however, this is not at all essential)