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Category Manager

Category Manager

Location : Reading – 3 days per week

Salary : Competitive Day Rate | Inside IR35

Overview :

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Category Manager on behalf of one of our clients.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement Category Strategies for assigned sub-group of categories, balancing short and long-term objectives to meet business strategy.
  • Support and execute stakeholder management.
  • Delivering benefits through category management interventions within a complex project / programme delivery environment.
  • Adopt a polite yet tenacious attitude to achieve goals and move projects towards completion.

Skills and Qualifications:

  • 5 years’+ category management experience.
  • Experience working in a highly regulated industry.
  • Supplier relationship management skills and experience.
  • Running procurements, end to end.
  • SC clearance.
  • Sole UK national.
  • Ability to Support existing Category Manager.
  • Experience working in a highly regulated industry.
  • Strategic.
  • High attention to detail.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills at all levels and strong communication skills.
  • Able to support putting together packs/materials for supplier reviews.
  • Proficient MS Office 365.

Desirable :

  • Public procurement background.
  • Defence experience is highly desirable.
  • Some contract management involvement, good to have.
  • Jaggaer would be beneficial.
  • CIPS & MCIPS.
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