Senior Category Manager

Company Description

Contract type: QA Ltd Permanent

Location: Leeds

Apply online: https://qa-career.talent-soft.com/job/job-senior-category-manager_4304.aspx

About the role:

You will play an essential part in the Procurement team as we embark on a key change in our Procurement journey. Historically the team has operated with a transactional focus although over the last two years has delivered some tactical improvements with supplier consolidations, a defined tiered Preferred Supplier List, and delivery of cost savings. In order to move the function to the next level we need to move away from a process-led focus to deliver strategic category management.

As a Senior Category Manager for QA, you should be a commercial expert comfortable across multiple categories, with experience in leading sourcing, negotiating, and contracting exercises.

You should be experienced at managing multiple suppliers and drive savings, have the commercial acumen to identify opportunities to optimise it and the ability to negotiate robust pricing and terms that benefit QA and our customers.

Alongside the other Senior Category Manager(s), you will be expected to lead the Procurement function within QA, including managing direct reports accordingly, increasing the scope of procurement activity within QA, offering industry expertise to other senior stakeholders

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages strategic supplier relationships
• Negotiates pricing agreements with top suppliers
• Implements and manages contracts
• Reviews and manages supplier risks
• Provides strategic support and advice to customers/sales

Qualifications

Your experience:

• Experience working within Supply Chain management 
• Strategic Sourcing and Procurement
• Category & Data Analytics
• Drives savings with suppliers
• Provides analysis for reporting (supplier, customer & internal) 
• Develop Procurement strategy
• Team management and recruitment within Procurement team

Additional Information

QA’s benefits include: 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, 3 Training Days for QA courses & 2 volunteering days for a charity of your choice and professional Development, including qualifications.

We are an equal opportunity employer, our rankings on The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List are a testament to this and we are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. Please let us know what reasonable adjustments, if any, you require. 

If this is the role for you, please apply and one of our friendly recruitment team will be in touch with the next steps.

QA is headquartered in London & New York.

A little more about QA:

QA is one of the largest learning services organisations in the UK, developing skills and capabilities for everyone from apprentices to business leaders. Headquartered in London, but with a nationwide network of state-of-the-art training centres, QA Group is comprised of four fast-growing divisions- Learning, Apprenticeships, Consulting and Higher Education - all of which deliver innovative and cutting-edge skills solutions to UK organisations.

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