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NOTE: the pay rate is provisional only and the and will be amended with the confirmed rate once received
Interim Senior Category Manager
Job Ref: Oldham 0009 B819 / 1
Pay Rate: up to £370 per day PAYE max
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 6 months
City: OLDHAM
Hybrid
A Senior Category Manager, focusing on Procurement for Construction and Highways Categories. The role involves leading high-value procurement exercises, ensuring compliance with legislation, and delivering innovative procurement strategies.
This role is ideal for someone with extensive experience in managing complex procurement projects, ensuring value for money, and compliance with procurement legislation.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead and deliver high-value category procurement exercises to secure goods, works, and services that meet the needs of customers, residents, and users while ensuring value for money and compliance with relevant policies.
Manage a range of procurements that are uniquely complex in terms of impact on individuals, communities, and a wider range of stakeholders.
Work within and actively shape markets that demand exceptional experience, with a high degree of political, public, and reputational subjection.
Lead and direct multiple procurements with challenging budget implications, including those with cross-organisational dependencies.
Proactively influence and shape policy decision-making by providing innovative business insight and category expertise.
Develop and maintain an up-to-date pipeline of procurement projects in collaboration with the client area.
Design and deliver innovative procurement category strategies that challenge existing delivery models and ensure corporate objectives and service needs are met.
Key requirements:
Strong understanding of procurement legislation and best practices.
Excellent understanding of compliance requirements.
Proven experience in category management, particularly in construction and highways.
Experience in developing and implementing category strategies.
Strong research skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to lead and manage complex procurement projects.
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Job Ref: Oldham 0009 B819 / 1
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