Category Lead Professional Services (J690364) Reading, England
Role: Category Lead Professional Services
Location: Hybrid [Reading Office 2 days]
Overview
Do you want to be a part of a major programme investing in UK-wide infrastructure projects focused on increasing potential and capability that is led by a global organisation with a huge opportunity for impact?
We are looking for capable and experienced procurement professionals who can identify potential cost savings across an incredibly mature organisation. You will need to manage multiple sourcing activities whilst navigating the world of private commercial enterprise and heavily regulated industry.
You will need strategic knowledge of procurement across Indirect Services specifically with an evidenced approach of Category Management cost saving achievements where you have analysed, identified, designed and implemented specific category strategies optimising procurement processes, targeted at identifying cost saving opportunities.
The hiring company is at the start of a huge investment cycle - hence growth in team as they prepare to launch £1bn + tenders to contract out 3 -5 year services shortly.
Key Requirement:
This is a great opportunity to support a large and diverse category portfolio in Professional Services Procurement.
The Category Lead is accountable for the end-to-end performance for the category group and for driving and managing multimillion-pound procurement projects running large complex sourcing activities.
I am looking for Category Specific Experts who have deep knowledge of their chosen specialism. This is a great opportunity to work on large infrastructure investment programmes - of considerable size, scale, spend value and complexity.
You will need Commercial and Procurement experience and be required to:
* Lead the development of category strategies within assigned categories with the objective of specifically identifying cost savings.
* Analyse spend and contracts and identify opportunities for cost savings.
* Ensure the category strategy is developed in collaboration with business stakeholders and delivers demonstrable cost savings.
* Develop a clear plan for strategy implementation with buy-in from the business.
* Provide direction, guidance and coaching to the relevant Category Managers to secure successful delivery.
If you want to work in an innovative and complex organisation on large infrastructure programmes with a great opportunity for real impact, and you have the resilience and tenacity to push projects forward in a highly regulated environment, then reach out to me directly at tom.dykes@1st-executive.com or click Apply Now to find out more about this fascinating opportunity.
#J-18808-Ljbffr