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Category Manager

Location: Reading – 3 days per week

Salary: Competitive Day Rate | Inside IR35

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Category Manager on behalf of one of our clients.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop and implement Category Strategies for assigned sub-group of categories, balancing short and long-term objectives to meet business strategy.
Support and execute stakeholder management.
Delivering benefits through category management interventions within a complex project / programme delivery environment.
Adopt a polite yet tenacious attitude to achieve goals and move projects towards completion.

Skills and Qualifications:

5 years’+ category management experience.
Experience working in a highly regulated industry.
Supplier relationship management skills and experience.
Running procurements, end to end.
SC clearance.
Sole UK national.
Ability to Support existing Category Manager.
Experience working in a highly regulated industry.
Strategic.
High attention to detail.
Strong stakeholder engagement skills at all levels and strong communication skills.
Able to support putting together packs/materials for supplier reviews.
Proficient MS Office 365.

Desirable:

Public procurement background.
Defence experience is highly desirable.
Some contract management involvement, good to have.
Jaggaer would be beneficial.
CIPS & MCIPS.

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