Procurement Category Manager

Job Title: Procurement Category Manager

Job Location: Sunbury-on-Thames

Contract Length: 12 Months

Industry: Oil and Energy, Procurement, Retail

Working Hours: 8 per day/ 40 per week

What you will do

• Provide category leadership for key sub-categories of spend in support of the global category.
• Lead category management and global supplier relationship management, managing end-to-end spend to mitigate supply-chain risk and maximise value, including sustainability.
• Develop innovative category strategies and guidance that support business objectives and efficient end-to-end execution.
• Build senior stakeholder relationships, develop supply-market insight and translate evolving business needs into actionable category plans.
• Create value through transformational strategies and cross-functional collaboration, working with delivery teams to support local execution.
• Initial focus on retail real estate and group audit, however, the role may flex over time towards business value.

What you will have

• Degree educated, preferably in a procurement-related subject, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Postgraduate qualification related to procurement is desirable.
• Category management, procurement process and category strategy development.
• Experience with procurement activities for Real Estate, Design and Construction, Engineering and capex related programmes.
• Commercial acumen, analytical thinking and translation of business requirements into actionable plans.
• Stakeholder management, influencing, storytelling, communication and change management.
• Strategic supplier relationship management and progressive partnership/contracting models.
• Global project and initiative leadership across multicultural environments.
• Market insight, data-driven decision-making, digital transformation, AI and automation awareness.
• Collaboration across procurement, business teams and suppliers in a complex multinational organisation.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.