Senior Category Manager
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Start Date: Sept 2013
Salary: £35000 - £42000
Ref No: 112863-MPGJ13321538
Date Posted: 5th Sept 2013
Our client seek an experienced Senior Category Manager for the procurement department based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Role description
* To provide a conduit in the provision of a highly efficient and effective procurement service to stakeholders within and across multi-organisations. Liaising with Supplies, Senior Category Managers and supply chain staff, nationally and regionally, to deliver better value in the management of key markets.
* Politically astute to develop robust networks that deliver sustained influence and embedded change.
* Develops and implements policies and strategies to align sourcing activity to reflect the changing needs of stakeholders, customers and market forces.
* Develops supplier relationships to enhance performance and deliver strategic impact through the adoption of innovation
* Manages markets, suppliers and product research activity to inform strategic and tactical objectives, including the evaluation of new products.
* Conducts opportunity assessments and plans projects covering major areas of spend on behalf of multiple organisations to deliver significant cash releasing and cost avoidance savings while ensuring sustainable quality and value.
* Facilities all staff within a designated category team to ensure they have relevant information, an understanding of strategic aims and take responsibility for their own tactical objectives associated with the delivery of the commodity sourcing plan(s).
Who we're looking for
 Delivers against core annual objectives agreed with the Executive team.
 Ensures that stakeholder requirements are understood and met by the strategy and annual plans.
 Ensures that the organisation is fully integrated with the operational and strategic needs of the health economy.
 Designs an organisational development strategy for the sourcing team, enabling the organisation to continue to deliver benefits for the health economy over the longer term.
* Registered full Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS)
* Full UK driving license
* Business degree or equivalent
* Highly significant senior management/strategic role working in a in a complex organisation
* Recognised continuing professional development at Masters level
* Evidence of change and relationship management, behavioural science and programme management training at an advanced level
About our client
Our client seek an experienced Senior Category Manager for the procurement department based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Promoting integrated alignment of strategic aims and policy objectives, thereby ensuring stakeholder and customer commitment with sourcing plans is compliant over the long term. Future proofing contract decisions by conducting robust research and fact based market intelligence to support the adoption of innovation, evaluation and introduction of new and emerging technologies.
This vacancy is being advertised by Michael Page International. The services advertised by Michael Page International are those of an Employment Agency.
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