Engineering & Construction Category Manager - Worthing Hybrid

Engineering & Construction Category Manager - £55,-000 - Worthing (Hybrid)

Our utilities client is currently seeking an Engineering & Construction Category Manager to join their in Worthing and head into the office 2 days a week and work remotely the other 3. The position will require a procurement expert displaying PMO management expertise as well as a track record of carrying out end to end. Ideally, you will be a procurement professional with proven construction procurement experience. The clients Sourcing and Category Management discipline strategically and proactively manages category spending and supply sourcing in alignment with value management strategies and demand profiles to optimise total cost of ownership.

The Category Manager develops and implements specific demand and category strategies, engaging with internal customers to understand requirements and specifications. The Category Manager also supports on all associated commercial activity to achieve value creation and minimise total cost of ownership, working closely with the Sourcing Manager to execute the full sourcing lifecycle and deliver against procurement and value management strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and agree category specific strategies with the Senior Category Manager, aligning with the Procurement strategy and value management strategies to deliver sustainable value and minimise total cost of ownership
• Work with business leads to understand customer requirements, volume demands, and specifications to inform development of category strategies and to deliver cost reduction opportunities
• Gather insight and analysis of category/sub-category spend to inform category strategies and optimise demand patterns
• Support and direct sub-category opportunity assessments and value analysis
• Lead development of spend and supplier profiles for the category
• Deliver strategic and tactical activities to deliver aggregation and product/specification standardisation, in order to leverage scale of demand.
• Engage with programme/project teams early on to identify any external third-party expenditure required and provide ongoing commercial support.
• Work with the Sourcing team and Supplier and Contract Management team to ensure alignment with category strategy and that lessons learnt downstream are fed back into future category spend.
• Actively seek opportunities for continuous improvement and value maximisation through analysis of market best practices and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including third party suppliers
• Translate innovation and ideas into comprehensive proposals and solutions
• Monitor operational performance and delivery of financial benefits and value creation, and report to Senior Category Manager
• Monitor and enforce compliance with all governance processes throughout demand and category management processes.

About you:

• Bachelor's degree in a business administration, commerce, finance, engineering or other relevant discipline (and/or qualified by demonstrable experience).
• Recognised qualification in procurement e.g., CIPS or equivalent
• Strong category management and managerial experience
• Microsoft Office suite including advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Good knowledge of leading-practice tools, techniques and processes covering category strategy development
• Excellent category strategy development skills - ability to develop compelling category and sourcing strategies
• Strong project management ability (including use of relevant tools)
• Knowledge of UCR2016 requirements and ABC (Anti-Bribery & Corruption) legislation

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