VACANCY - CATEGORY MANAGER

Are you an experienced CIPS qualified Procurement professional with a passion for driving forward a sustainable, value-adding and resilient supply chain? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, results-driven environment? We’re seeking a Category Manager to lead procurement activities for around £20 million of spend on FM services, ensuring our operations are running efficiently and cost-effectively whilst achieving the business need.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

In addition to a competitive salary, we have a strong track record of developing our people to expand their skills and experience and develop their careers. Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us, which is why we offer a fantastic range of flexible benefits to choose from, such as:

• 27 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
• Pension
• Peel Ports Flexible Benefits including salary sacrifice car scheme, healthcare cash plans, Cycle2Work Scheme, critical illness insurance, gyms, retail vouchers
• Commitment to learning and personal development
• We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to colleagues via our employee assistance programme when required

If you believe you have the skills and experience we are seeking, and you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, we’d really like to hear from you!

Reporting to our Group Head of Procurement, you will work collaboratively with stakeholders to develop category strategies and plans, and strategic supply initiatives and partnerships to fully leverage Peel Ports Group’s investment in our Facilities Management infrastructure and services across our group network, ensuring optimum value for money.
You will engage with stakeholders to align business strategy and policy to support the delivery of category plans. You will build strong supplier relationships to drive value and innovation in all activities, ensuring contractual compliance and proactive supplier management across a diverse portfolio of contracts and agreements.
You will provide commercial expertise to support leaders and managers to recognise and mitigate commercial risks.