22 of 22 Permanent Category Manager Jobs in the UK

Category Manager We have a truly rare opportunity for a Category Manager to join one of the UK’s and Europe’s leading IT channel and distribution providers. Our client believes that being part of a dynamic and forward-thinking community is key to learning, growth, and success of any business. They don’t just provide … support of a dedicated team ensuring seamless technology operations, you’ll be joining a company that empowers its partners and helps them transform their businesses. Main responsibilities for the Category Manager: Daily monitoring of product shortages to ensure optimal product availability. Selection and procurement of product lines from manufacturing partners based on market relevance and business competitiveness. Negotiation … customer development and relationship management. Comply with company policies and adhere to Health and Safety regulations to maintain a safe and efficient working environment. Main Requirements for the successful Category Manager: Proven experience in the IT sector, ideally within a distribution or channel-focused environment Strong technical knowledge of IT hardware, including components, systems, and industry trends A More ❯

Robert Walters is proud to be working on a retained basis with The University of Manchester, one of the UK's leading Universities, to recruit a Category Manager - IT. This key role will lead strategic sourcing and supplier management across IT, digital infrastructure, software, and tech services within a complex and high-impact environment. The University of Manchester … a globally respected institution, is seeking a Category Manager - Information Technology to join their forward-thinking Procurement Team. This is an exceptional opportunity for you to shape the digital future of one of the UK's most prestigious universities by leading IT and digital procurement strategies that underpin vital technology transformation projects. With hybrid working options and access … continuous professional development opportunities, access to on-site facilities, staff discounts, and the chance to build your network within a renowned higher education institution. What you'll do: As Category Manager - Information Technology at the University of Manchester, you will take ownership of a diverse portfolio encompassing software acquisition, hardware procurement, cloud infrastructure management, licensing negotiations, and managed More ❯

Robert Walters is proud to be working on a retained basis with The University of Manchester, one of the UK's leading Universities, to recruit a Category Manager - IT. This key role will lead strategic sourcing and supplier management across IT, digital infrastructure, software, and tech services within a complex and high-impact environment. The University of Manchester … a globally respected institution, is seeking a Category Manager - Information Technology to join their forward-thinking Procurement Team. This is an exceptional opportunity for you to shape the digital future of one of the UK's most prestigious universities by leading IT and digital procurement strategies that underpin vital technology transformation projects. With hybrid working options and access … continuous professional development opportunities, access to on-site facilities, staff discounts, and the chance to build your network within a renowned higher education institution. What you'll do: As Category Manager - Information Technology at the University of Manchester, you will take ownership of a diverse portfolio encompassing software acquisition, hardware procurement, cloud infrastructure management, licensing negotiations, and managed More ❯

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Senior Category Manager Location: Manchester, ENG, GB, M2 3AA Corby, ENG, GB, NN17 5JF Frankfurt, Hesse, DE, 60327 London, ENG, GB, N1C 4AG Brand: RS Group Work Location: Hybrid Senior Category Manager (Product & Supplier Management) Location: Hybrid (UK Corby, London or Manchester, or Frankfurt Germany) An exciting … opportunity has opened up in our Product & Supplier Management (P&SM) Team for an experienced Senior Category Manager. You will lead and develop a direct team consisting of Category Managers and Assistant Category Managers - to drive and optimise commercial performance. The Senior Category Manager leads the end-to-end cell incorporating all the relevant functions … e.g. Inventory, Content, Own Brand, Pricing, Marketing and Digital etc. What you will be responsible for: Category strategy planning, governance and execution. Responsible for the development and execution of supplier strategies and business plans. Execution and governance of supplier business plans and value extraction as part of category strategy. People management of direct team. Management of the end More ❯

Procurement Category Manager - Indirect Procurement - Technology - IT Retail - Consumer Goods - Midlands About Our Client A large retailer that has a strong reputation with lots of opportunity to develop and grow as a procurement and category specialist. Job Description As a Procurement Category Manager, you will lead on all end to end procurement across SW/… compliance with procurement policies and procedures. - Monitoring market trends and supplier performance. - Working closely with the Procurement & Supply Chain department to achieve objectives. The Successful Applicant A successful Procurement Category Manager (Technology) should have: A strong understanding of category management, ideally IT/technology procurement strategies and plans. Experience in supplier management and contract negotiation. Knowledge of More ❯

Senior Procurement/Category Manager, AIS Supply Chain/IPS Job ID: Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, and low-cost cloud platform that powers thousands of businesses in over 190 countries. AWS' Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement (ISCaP) organization works to deliver innovative solutions to source, build and maintain our … sustainable infrastructure of AWS. Come join our team and be a part of history as we deliver results for the largest cloud services company on Earth As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies for at least one complex services category and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers to reduce risks and … and model Amazon's Leadership Principles and have an entrepreneurial spirit with a "get it done" mentality. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: - Manage a complex category within the Maintenance, Repair, and Operation (MRO) domains - Achieve cost savings through bidding and negotiations - Analyze category data and metrics to drive Procurement category strategies - Understand trends More ❯

Procurement Category Manager - IT and Professional Services My client, a leading online learning platform s group is a strategic, commercially astute Procurement Category Manager to lead sourcing and category management for Professional Services (e.g., consulting, legal, audit) and Information Technology (software, hardware, cloud, managed services). This role is critical to optimizing value, mitigating risk … central London Offices (Tottenham Court Road). Expectation would be to be in the office 2 days a week. For further details, please apply using the link. Key Responsibilities: Category Strategy Development: Develop and implement short- and long-term sourcing strategies for IT and professional services categories. Conduct spend analysis, market intelligence, and supplier benchmarking to identify savings and … value opportunities. Align category plans with organizational objectives and technology roadmaps. Sourcing & Contracting: Lead end-to-end sourcing processes (RFPs, RFIs, RFQs) and manage contract negotiations to ensure best value. Draft, review, and negotiate commercial terms in collaboration with Legal and Risk functions. Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a strategic partner to internal stakeholders including IT, Finance, HR, Legal, and More ❯

Procurement Category Manager, Data Center Sourcing and Procurement (DCSP) AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have … and cloud business. We are seeking a Procurement professional to support our Data Center Capex Services Procurement space as we deliver infrastructure capacity for our customers. As a Procurement Category Manager, you will create and implement sourcing strategies for complex categories in the Professional Services (Consultant Procurement) domain for India and collaborate with internal business partners and suppliers … one or more Professional Services (consultancy) categories for India, within the Professional Services procurement team • Achieve cost savings through bidding, negotiations and strategic initiatives • Understand customer requirements and analyze category data to establish and implement robust regional procurement category strategies that deliver value to the business • Understand trends in customers' needs and concerns across categories and regions to More ❯

What's the role? As Category Manager, you will be responsible for managing all indirect procurement activities, with a specific focus on Marketing, HR Services, IT, Consulting and Operating Supplies categories, such as advertising, employee benefits, mobile hardware and office supplies. You will play a pivotal role in driving cost efficiencies, ensuring supplier performance, and delivering best-in … class service to internal stakeholders. In addition, you will be leading projects, fostering a high-performing and collaborative environment. What does the role involve? As Category Manager - Indirect Procurement your key responsibilities are: • Sound understanding of all elements and concepts of the procurement process • Develop and execute strategies for indirect procurement (sub-)categories with ability to trigger levers … s degree is a plus). Previous procurement experience, ideally with indirect materials and services. Strong negotiation, contract management and supplier performance management skills. Ability to develop and implement category strategies that drive value creation for the organization. Proficiency in procurement tools (e.g., SAP, Coupa) and Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) Detail-oriented problem-solving skills Communication skills More ❯

What's the role? As Category Manager, you will be responsible for managing all indirect procurement activities, with a specific focus on Marketing, HR Services, IT, Consulting and Operating Supplies categories, such as advertising, employee benefits, mobile hardware and office supplies. You will play a pivotal role in driving cost efficiencies, ensuring supplier performance, and delivering best-in … Hilti is where individuals grow lasting careers by exploring possibilities, maximizing their potential, owning their development, and making a real difference every day What does the role involve? As Category Manager - Indirect Procurement your key responsibilities are: • Sound understanding of all elements and concepts of the procurement process • Develop and execute strategies for indirect procurement (sub-)categories with … s degree is a plus). Previous procurement experience, ideally with indirect materials and services. Strong negotiation, contract management and supplier performance management skills. Ability to develop and implement category strategies that drive value creation for the organization. Proficiency in procurement tools (e.g., SAP, Coupa) and Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) Detail-oriented problem-solving skills Communication skills More ❯

Job Description Job Title: Procurement Category Manager (Resourcing UKIA) Location: London Onsite: 2-3x per week Career Level : 8 Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation … to each business challenge. As a Team: Within the United Kingdom, Ireland and Africa (UKIA) Procurement Plus organization delivering for Accenture internal client, the UKIA External Talent Sourcing & Contracting category lead will be leading sourcing and contract management activities for External Talent in the UK, Ireland and Africa. The External Talent category is the one of the biggest … UKIA market unit and this role will play an integral role in ensuring we deliver our labour requirements for our client projects. Your role includes the key responsibilities below: Category Strategy & plan: Support implementation of the Global & Regional External Talent Category strategy for UKIA local projects and initiatives Work with Category Management on work planning and category More ❯

At LSEG, we're looking for a Category Manager for our Infrastructure & Cloud Category, with a focus on management of our Cloud Service Providers and associated services. Group Procurement is responsible for third-party supplier engagements and business partnership to drive high performing and sustainable value from our supplier relationships. We strive to make LSEG easier and … characteristics of the new Group Procurement organisation: Supplier spend c £2BN and c. 5,000 suppliers Team structured around: Three towers of spend - Technology, Services and Corporate - passionate about category management, strategic sourcing, renewals & SRM A Strategy & Performance centre, enabling function to drive and implement the strategy of the Group Procurement function, outstanding procurement policy and processes Key hubs … for the category teams in London, Bangalore with a small amount of decentralised activity to support local markets which are in various global locations including Europe and Asia The purpose of this role is to create, develop and deliver a "best in class" category procurement service with the express intent of delivering year-on-year benefit to the More ❯

Sr Category Merchant Manager 3P Ireland, Amazon Marketplace Ireland Job ID: Amazon Ireland Support Services Limited The Ireland Marketplace team at Amazon is looking for a talented, customer-obsessed Category Merchant Manager to help shape the future of our 3rd party marketplace. The role offers the unique opportunity to drive large scale, high visibility projects across … different Amazon teams. As Category Merchant Manager, you will be in charge of projects that contribute to long-term success, improving customer experience, supporting growth. Responsibilities include expanding our product selection by closing parity selection vs EU5, improving product availability, building strong relationships with key partners (both internally and externally) and driving improvements and reaching feature parity vs … detail-oriented, customer-focused, and has strong writing skills with the ability to handle ambiguity and influence employees at all levels of the organization. Key job responsibilities As a Category Merchant Manager, you will play a critical role in driving growth and improving customer experience within the 3rd Party Marketplace. Your key responsibilities will include: •Selection strategy and More ❯

to delivering a safe and reliable train service, by investing in our fleet of trains, stations and employees.As part of this investment we are looking to recruit a Senior Category Manager , on afull time, permanent basis based in Birmingham . The main focus will be to deliver and be accountable for the fleet/indirect or IT category … role, but further training will be offered as the regulations are developed for the passenger rail sector. What does the job involve? Be the procurement expert for the relevant category ensuring accountability for the delivery of the Category Plan Lead on the delivery of procurement strategies and tactical approaches which maximise the successes of our business in line … in line with the NRC Agreement. The above list is not exhaustive, and on occasion, the role may need to undertake other reasonable requests as required by their line manager, in line with grade and competence All staff have a responsibility and accountability to ensure that their day-to-day activities support our commitments under the Sustainability Policy Statement More ❯

more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit , and read about the latest news via our StoryHub . Description and Requirements The ISG category manager develops and drives ISG category strategy, product assortment, and optimize pricing to identify growth opportunities and maximize profitability across our server, storage and solutions product lines. … segments Create, own and communicate strong quarterly plan with product selections, pricing strategy (including PFV), promotional and campaign roadmaps Collaboration with the sales teams and enable them with all category tools and levers, including market intelligence Identify top selling configurations for servers, storage and solutions in the markets Prepare quarterly sales-in/sales-out planning in cooperation with … the distribution and channel team Prepare an accurate portfolio forecast and transition planning, provide forecast to EMEA category to ensure seamless supply Align with marketing on efficient marketing campaigns, manage MDFs and ensure good marketing presence to and through distribution Provide feedback to EMEA category managers on market specifics and articulate needs Constantly monitor results and propose corrective More ❯

to help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. The Category Manager will play an integral role in driving the strategic direction aligned with the Head of Procurement's strategy, mission and vision. This role will manage the procurement … achieving the Procurement 2028 vision and annual department objectives, alongside savings targets (cost, time, process and efficiency). Collaborate with business stakeholders to create and manage the ongoing relevant Category plan(s) and ensure it is a ‘living document'. Build an effective, business focused and surgical engagement strategy for our key stakeholders with a ‘one procurement' approach. Working … leading suppliers and ensuring compliance of negotiated agreements to established vendor management policies (such as articulation of service levels and deliverables, etc). Responsible for maintaining the list of category vendors, the master data held on them (contractual and commercial) and supporting for the rollout out POs to our strategic suppliers. Work to ensure the agreed category management More ❯

help businesses effectively. You'll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. The IT Category Manager role will play an integral role in driving the strategic direction aligned with the Head of Procurement's strategy, mission and vision. This role will manage the … achieving the Procurement 2028 vision and annual department objectives, alongside savings targets (cost, time, process and efficiency). Collaborate with business stakeholders to create and manage the ongoing relevant Category plan(s) and ensure it is a ‘living document'. Build an effective, business focused and surgical engagement strategy for our key stakeholders with a ‘one procurement' approach. Working … leading suppliers and ensuring compliance of negotiated agreements to established vendor management policies (such as articulation of service levels and deliverables, etc). Responsible for maintaining the list of category vendors, the master data held on them (contractual and commercial) and supporting for the rollout out POs to our strategic suppliers. You'll be someone with: Proven experience in More ❯

s most important challenges. We strive for execution excellence while being direct, humble, collaborative, and inclusive of diverse perspectives. AMD together we advance_ THE ROLE: As a Director, Commercial Category Manager for EMEA at AMD, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing regional product and go-to-market strategies. With deep expertise in market dynamics … at the intersection of insight, strategy, and execution-and is passionate about accelerating results. THE PERSON: Does this sound like you? We would love to talk. Proven leader in category, product, or marketing strategy-ideally within the PC hardware and commercial channel space Executive communication skills with the ability to influence internally and externally Able to thrive in ambiguity … for Sales & Marketing campaigns, analyzing performance data and making data-driven recommendations to drive strong business outcomes. PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: We'd love to connect if this is your background! Category Management Experience: Proven success in category management, product management, marketing strategy, business planning, product planning. An established background working in Server and Datacenter, Client, Graphics and/or More ❯

Job Description: Position: IT Services/Indirect Procurement Category Manager Description Working within the UK Indirect Procurement function, within Leonardo UK. Managing the delivery of complex strategic Services Procurement projects, including IT, with particular focus on Strategic Sourcing and Contract Negotiations to deliver optimum cost and value for the Leonardo Business. The successful candidate will be responsible for … managing significant (£Ms per annum) strategic spend. Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager, actively managing delivery of Indirect Services procurement projects. This is a critical role supporting the delivery of important services in strategically important areas of the business. An exciting time to be joining the team. Skills, Qualifications and Attributes: ESSENTIAL IT/Indirect Services strategic sourcing, planning … and execution IT/Indirect Services contract drafting, negotiations and management Stakeholder Management IT/Indirect Services Category Management experience Highly motivated, proactive, self-starter Procurement project management experience/skills Highly literate and analytical DESIRABLE SC Cleared CIPS Experience of cross site, cross functional collaborative working Ability to define and implement category strategies Excel, Word and PowerPoint More ❯

Job Description: Position: IT Services/Indirect Procurement Category Manager Description Working within the UK Indirect Procurement function, within Leonardo UK. Managing the delivery of complex strategic Services Procurement projects, including IT, with particular focus on Strategic Sourcing and Contract Negotiations to deliver optimum cost and value for the Leonardo Business. The successful candidate will be responsible for … managing significant (£Ms per annum) strategic spend. Reporting to the Senior Procurement Manager, actively managing delivery of Indirect Services procurement projects. This is a critical role supporting the delivery of important services in strategically important areas of the business. An exciting time to be joining the team. Skills, Qualifications and Attributes: ESSENTIAL IT/Indirect Services strategic sourcing, planning … and execution IT/Indirect Services contract drafting, negotiations and management Stakeholder Management IT/Indirect Services Category Management experience Highly motivated, proactive, self-starter Procurement project management experience/skills Highly literate and analytical DESIRABLE SC Cleared CIPS Experience of cross site, cross functional collaborative working Ability to define and implement category strategies Excel, Word and PowerPoint More ❯

Our client a well known Insurance Company are actively looking to hire 6 Category Managers, with either Professional Services or IT Category experience. Hybrid Working: Various Offices available (London, Bristol, York or Norwich) - 2 Days a Week onsite Competitive Rates (InsideIR35). Duration: 12 Months Start Date: End of May/Early June 2025 Senior Category Manager (multiple vacancies available) High volume, multiple tenders Professional Services Category (primary consulting £120m spend) Need to move quickly in this category, request from business to selection/onboarding is quick Dont really need to manage suppliers, more about managing multiple tenders , contract negotiation, selection etc FCA useful Non-IT Categories fine if not Consulting Good work ethic … not always working to rule Senior Category Managers (1 Vacancy Available) Managing complex negotiations of outsourcing activity Much more complex and in depth Category is all non-IT - Customer Claims, Offshoring etc, more customer facing role. Will need strong outsourcing experience Strong stakeholder management/influencing Capabilities: Negotiation Skills, Stakeholder Management, Influencing Skills, Communication Skills, Leadership, Commercial Management More ❯

am currently recruiting for a global manufacturer with exciting growth plans, aiming to double its profits over the next 5 years. They are looking for buyers, senior buyers, and category managers at various levels. Ideal candidates will have experience and be eager to learn and grow with a global business. Areas of focus include: Direct procurement Indirect procurement IT More ❯