We are currently looking for a Procurement Category Manager for one of our clients prominent in the IT field!

What you'll need to do:

• Setting long term commercial strategic direction for the HR services categories.
• Influencing business and wider category stakeholders.
• Developing relationships with senior leadership.
• Developing a supply base to meet the changing requirements of the category.
• Leading supplier negotiations ensuring a framework for a strategic contractual relationship with limited risk.
• Providing subject matter expertise on complex purchasing, technical, legal & contractual issues.
• Defining governance around best practices and purchasing policies.
• Achieving assigned category targets for cost reductions.
• Implementing Global Category Strategies.
• Performing Supplier relationship management and reviews.
• Responsible for category spend, savings forecasting and reporting.
• Must be open to support occasional evening work hours in support of North American business partners and suppliers

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (in Engineering, Supply Chain, Procurement, or Business).
• 3+ years of Procurement Category Manager or equivalent. Business acumen and experience is a plus. Strong experience managing complex strategic sourcing projects.
• Experience working in a large, complex, global business.
• Experience running RFx processes.
• Contract negotiations without much legal guidance.
• Ability to support large/complex supplier deals, potentially including Hardware, Software, and Services integrated solutions.
• Ability to interact with and present to VP Levels. Core analytic skills to independently dive into an unclear area and make sense of it.
• Supplier and Customer oriented skills.
  
  Duration: 12 months