Category Manager

Category Manager |  Crewe | Hybrid | Up to £45,000 + car allowance
The UK's leading part supplier to the Rail industry require a Category Manager, to play an instrumental role in delivering strategic procurement initiatives. 
The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to gain direct exposure inside a £Billion T/O international organisation,  actively improving the procurement strategies for defined categories of spend and seeing the tangible effects of your efforts in overhauling the current supplier list.

Your role will be highly strategic, using your purchasing acumen to implement the best practices across your category, managing numerous suppliers and ensuring best in class performance.  

The Candidate:

• CIPS Qualified
• Procurement background - open to any industry.
• Strong experience managing contracts/suppliers, with some legal understanding of contracts (i.e. terms/conditions, clauses).
• Soft skills – uses own initiative, able to manage own diary.
• Strong excel skills (able to use for analysis i.e. pivot tables, data tools). User Of SAP would be desirable.

Location

Crewe (Hybrid, 3 days in office, with travel across the UK). 

Salary:

Up to £45,000 plus car allowance.

How the apply for the Category Manager role: If you are interested in the Category Manager role, then please apply via this job board. For more information, please get in touch with the Consultant listed on this page.
Likely Job Titles: Purchasing Manager, Commodity Manager, Senior Buyer, Procurement Manager 

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