Job Description
Senior Category Manager - IT | £70,000 to £85,000 | 20% bonus | healthcare | Pension | + further benefits | Reading - 2 days a week - 5 minutes from Reading station | A UK Technology and Communications business
This is one of a few new roles working for a really interesting UK brand who are transforming the way business's and people communicate with each other. After a recently appointed, new Procurement Director who has joined to build a strategic procurement function in order to support the company's ambitious growth plans.
This role will own the IT category, which has some really large scale and complex projects on the horizon across multiple areas. In this role you will manage and get involved in the likes of; IS Managed Services, Software, SaaS, Outsourcing, Application M&D and Software Licence agreements.
Role and responsibilities:
1. Reporting into the Procurement Director who has joined the business to transform and grow the procurement team
2. Create relevant category strategies through to the delivery and performance including year on year annualised savings
3. Lead and manage a more junior member of the team
4. Develop category plans and strategies to ensure alignment for the group, leveraging suppliers to support local offices
5. Support the development of category strategies t...