Category Manager
Job Location: Milton Keynes, Remote/Hybrid
Department: Procurement Services
Salary: 37,999 to 45,163
Closing Date: 10 November 2024
Weekly Working Hours: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Sellick Partnership is recruiting for 2 permanent Category Manager positions to support the Digital Services and STEM categories for our higher education client. The Category Manager role is key in providing a professional procurement service including stakeholder engagement, tendering, commercial negotiation, and supplier management to internal customers, ensuring that value for money is achieved and procurement decisions consider financial, environmental, health & safety, and ethical policies and regulations.
Key responsibilities for the Category Manager role are:
* Working with key stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies for procurement projects, providing advice and guidance on potential procurement routes and evaluation approaches, considering all key commercial and regulatory risks.
* Managing tendering activity in accordance with internal and external policies and regulations.
* Collaborating with key stakeholders to develop appropriate tender documentation, ensuring sourcing projects are delivered efficiently and effectively.
* Managing post-tender clarifications and negotiations with suppliers, taking legal advice where required, securing the best possible terms and conditions.
* Preparing reports such as post-tender evaluation reports and management information reports to support category plans, pipeline planning, and savings reporting.
* Reviewing, managing, and actioning purchase requisitions, single source justification, new vendor, and low-value contract requests to ensure they are processed in line with university policies.
* Liaising with requisitioners, suppliers, and other stakeholders such as legal services and data protection teams to ensure appropriate contractual documents are in place for purchases.
* Proactively assessing and resolving procurement queries and issues related to projects or requisitions.
* Building and maintaining networks and working relationships with stakeholders across the University at multiple levels using appropriate verbal and written communications (e.g., meetings, phone, email, reports).
* Undertaking specific tasks and projects at the request of the Head of Procurement, Deputy Head of Procurement, and Senior Category Manager.
Category Manager Skills and experience:
* CIPS qualified or commensurate experience.
* Experience or knowledge of public sector procurement, PCR 2015, and an awareness of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) and/or experience of procuring software, systems, IT-related hardware, and digital-related services or specialist laboratory equipment.
* Excellent communication and commercial negotiation skills; ability to network with stakeholders at all levels of the business.
* Experience of working with staff at all levels to develop project sourcing strategies for key areas of spend.
* Experience of preparing and drafting tender documentation under official PCR 2015 procurement procedures, public sector frameworks, and sub-PCR threshold procurements.
* Experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial contractual documents.
On offer with this excellent role:
* Flexible working hours and hybrid working options.
* Training and development opportunities.
* Attractive pension/salary sacrifice scheme.
* 33 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and 3 days over Christmas.
We encourage interested candidates to apply immediately for this Category Manager vacancy. If you require further information or wish to discuss your suitability before applying, please contact Daniella Pye in our Derby office for a confidential discussion.
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