CATEGORY MANAGER

Category Manager job in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Graduate calibre, high potential, strategic category sourcing and procurement professional seeking the next step on the ladder within a UK national market leading environment.

Requirements

• University degree educated
• Full or part qualified MCIPS advantageous
• Experience of purchasing capital equipment; construction related sub contracted operational services including surveying, drilling, shot blasting, crushing, screening, site stripping and restoration, load and haul; plant and machinery such as diggers and excavators and engineering services, for a large multi-site quarrying, mining, other extractive industry market leader.
• Multinational/large corporate experience, able to apply “best practice category management” within a dynamic industry sector.
• Strong track record of category/procurement efficiency improvement opportunities across processes, compliance, transactions, KPI’s.
• Commercially astute, with experience of assessing external supply markets and skilled in translating opportunities into long term strategies.
• Ability to lead, persuade and influence internal and external partners through a period of change, managing transformation tactically, operationally and strategically.
• Commercial experience of advanced negotiations with senior stakeholders to deliver value objectives.
• Innovative, creative and strategic thinkers.
• Demonstrable experience of multi-site as opposed to single site/HO located stakeholder engagement and communication.
• Well presented, confident and credible enough to become category and procurement subject matter experts.

Benefits

• Car
• Bonus
• Benefits