Role: Principal Category Manager- SC
Location: Aldermaston (2 days/week on site)
IR35: Inside
Rate: GBP81.74hr (Umbrella) MAX
Duration: 15 Months
Essential:
* SC Clearance
* Sole UK National
* Proven sourcing strategy experience
* Experience of end-to-end procurement lifecycle
* A Procurement specialist with strong category management experience.
* Strong supplier engagement skills
* Stakeholder Management skills.
* Has worked with stakeholders to clearly define requirements
* Worked on Large scale Commercial contracts
* Diverse category experience
* High level of Commercial Acumen
* Central Government experience
Key Responsibilities:
Category Management
* Drive and implement Category Strategy to deliver cost effective category solutions and business models.
* Supplier base management and supplier classification (Preferred Supplier List PSL), securing competition in the supplier base.
* Implement ways of working according to Category Management Framework including the delivery of Category targets and KPIs for assigned group of spend categories.
* Business Intelligence, benchmark and market insight to support category development.
* The Senior Category Manager, with the sub-category Team, are responsible for securing and tracking cost reduction, contract management and continuity of Supply Chain. Strategic Sourcing Prepare & execute the RFx process in collaboration with stakeholders including supplier evaluation and selection, supplier negotiations (costs and contract).
* Contribute to the long-term business ensuring competitive initial cost and total cost development in the product and service life cycle and maintenance of the specific supplier contract for products and services.
Contract Management
* Prepare and execute a Contract which is appropriate to the scope, value and risk outlined in the sourcing strategy, ensuring all relevant stakeholders have contributed and approved as appropriate.
* Administer the Contract in accordance with all of the terms and conditions ensuring contract compliance.
* Ensure appropriate management of commercial risks, forecast spend and change impacts with key stakeholders.
* Supplier Relationship Management Suppliers segmented and managed (quality, performance, risk) in accordance with the Supplier Relationship Management Framework.
* Monitor and mitigate supplier risks, make corrective action plans for the identified risks.
* Supplier Strategies for key suppliers within assigned group of spend categories.
Stakeholders Collaboration
* Secure stakeholders involvement and participation in category strategies, sourcing activities and supplier relationship management activities and share SCM category strategies, PSL, supplier performance etc.
Desirable:
* NEC Contract knowledge Option A, C and E or any equivalent contracts
* Construction background
* Site Decontamination exposure
* Waste services exposure would be beneficial
* Nuclear/defence background would be advantageous
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