Principal Category Manager

Role: Principal Category Manager
Salary/Rate: £ 88 per hr (inside IR35)
Location: Hybrid - 2 days per week on site in Reading
Contract Duration: 12 months

We are currently looking for a Principal Category Manager for our government client. This Principal Category Manager role is hybrid, based between 2 days per week on site in Aldermaston, near Reading, and the remainder of the week working remotely.

The contract for the Principal Category Manager position is for 12-months with potential to extend, operating inside IR35.

Security Clearance: Security Check ("SC Clearance")

This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role, it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.

Role Profile/Responsibilities:

• Experience of working within a construction procurement environment in the public sector
• Strong understanding of procurement processes and best practices
• Demonstrable excellent organisational, planning and time management skills, with ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Demonstrable stakeholder management skills
• Effective communications skills, with the ability to present and communicate clearly and succinctly at all levels.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivation, with the ability to work both on your own initiative and as part of a team
• Team and Line Management
• Develop, implement and drive Category Strategy to deliver cost effective category solutions and business models.
• Supplier base management and supplier classification (Preferred Supplier List - PSL), securing competition in the supplier base.
• Implement ways of working according to Framework including the delivery of Category targets and KPI's for assigned group of spend categories.
• Business Intelligence, benchmarking and supplier market analysis and insight to support category development.
• Securing and tracking cost reduction, contract management and continuity of Supply Chain.
• Strategic Sourcing - Prepare & execute the RFx process in collaboration with stakeholders including supplier evaluation and selection, supplier negotiations (costs and contract).
• Contribute to the long-term business ensuring competitive initial cost and total cost development in the product and service life cycle and maintenance of the specific supplier contract for products and services.
• Proactively develop alternative and/or innovative 3rd party solutions.
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Stakeholders Collaboration and Business Engagement

If you are interested in the above role, please click Apply Now and send a CV for quick review.

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Circle and our Client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. Our client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, they guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where they have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, they will interview the best candidates from within that group. If you qualify, please notify us on igs [at] circlerecruitment [dot] com. We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your guaranteed interview. Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a better way for us to communicate, please do let us know.

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