Butler Ross are continuing to support the world's fastest growing airport with their recruitment, and are looking for a talented category manager (or contract manager) to join our client on a permanent hybrid-working basis (3 days a week on site). This position will be supporting the Security Operations team with indirect procurement (areas such as Design & Engineering, Services), across a total team spend of circa £300 million.
Your responsibilities will be:
1. Assisting in the creation, development and maintenance of effective category management plans and strategy
2. Direct execution of procurement/sourcing activity
3. Negotiating and Drafting contractual documentation and delivering required amendments
4. Adhering to agreed processes for supplier and contract management, (analytics, performance, risk-reward, exit strategies)
Ideally you will have:
5. A good knowledge and practical experience relating to various contract models
6. Direct experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
7. Strong supplier relationship management experience
8. Strong stakeholder management capabilities (including presenting concise and detailed briefs up to exec. level)
IF you are interested in this position, or would like further information - please do not hesitate to apply.
This position would be well suited to procurement or commercial professionals who have had 3+ years relevant previous experience in similar positions:
Category Manager / Procurement Manager / Contract Manager / Contracts Manager / Commercial Manager / Senior Buyer / Indirects Buyer / Category Buyer / Indirect Buyer / Purchasing Manager / Procurement Specialist / Procurement Lead / Lead Buyer /