2 Category Manager Jobs in Berkshire

Are you a Senior Buyer with Business Services and IT experience looking for progression into a Category Procurement Manager rolein an exciting, forward thinking team? This is the role for you! As the Category Procurement Manager at AllPoints Fibre you will be reporting directly to the … Senior Category Procurement Manager. You will play a pivotal role in supporting strategic procurement initiatives, optimising supplier relationships, and ensuring cost-effective procurement practices within the Business Services category supporting all Business Services projects outside of core IT. What you will be doing: Category Strategy Development : Support … the Senior Category Procurement Manager in developing and executing a comprehensive procurement strategy for the Business Services category in alignment with overall business objectives, fostering innovation, cost savings, and supplier diversity. Supplier Relationship Management: Build and maintain robust relationships with key suppliers, negotiating favourable terms and conditions more »

role is open to being based from any of our European offices and requires both international and national travel. Duties & Responsibilities Manages the global category spend across all global operations Monitors global markets trends to mitigate the impact of supply shortfall risks or price increases Designs and develops the … supplier-base to leverage global spend opportunities, reduce lead times, and total cost of ownership Develops and implements category global sourcing plans and spend strategies to support broad business objectives Manages the entire supplier lifecycle, from approval to disqualification Defines the strategy for supplier consolidation and reduce costs whilst … new technologies Specific deliverables of the position: Meeting stakeholder, customer requirements and needs (cost, capacity, quality, and delivery) Thorough global markets (related to assigned Category) understanding including benchmarking Global leverage Global contracts and frame agreements Strategic category plan definition, implementation, and communication to key stakeholders Quarterly Supplier Performance more »