Procurement Category Managers

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We have some brand new opportunities within our procurement function as we look to expand the skillset of our highly valued procurement team, following on from some significant successes in the last financial year. We are now actively recruiting the following vacancies:

Procurement Category Manager, Mining Services & Capex

Procurement Category Manager, General & Corporate Services

If you have Procurement Category Management experience within these areas - either engineering or manufacturing environment, purchasing equipment and services, and /or some experience of major capital equipment purchases, and / or managing General & Corporate Services supporting functions like Marketing, IT, HR, Consultancy, Facilities, Legal Services, Estates and Insurance - this is a great opportunity to demonstrate how you can drive significant benefit through supplier sourcing, selection and contracting to best advantage our business, as well as enhancing your own career.

About the roles

Reporting to Head of Procurement, or a Senior Category Manager you will work closely with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure the proactive and effective end-to-end management of all procurement and commercial requirements for either our Mining services & Capex or Production Services categories each with an approximate spend of c.£30m, c.100 - 550 suppliers and covering around 300 business locations.

Other elements to the role include:

• Managing the tendering, contracting and negotiation strategy, in line with our procurement plans.
• Achieving strong, collaborative and sustainable relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers.
• Working with end-users and relevant functional departments to develop specifications, statements of work, performance metrics, tender documentation and drafting appropriate contract terms & conditions.
• Working with and aligning our strategies with our parent group Holcim which span both European and globally, including a focus on best cost country sourcing and sustainability elements.
• Managing the tender/supplier selection/contract award and implementation process ensuring effective communication is maintained throughout.
• Creating added value (performance & savings) annual activity plans that support the attainment of department/business objectives.
• Ensuring that department and individual performance targets are achieved through the maintenance of monthly progress reports.
• Providing category expertise to the operational divisions to build their annual budgets based on commodity movements and contract cost control
• Supply chain management to ensure Purchase to pay KPI’s are achieved.
• Some line management responsibility & development of more junior team members.

What will you bring?

• Business or relatable Degree or Engineering qualification (with CIPS qualification or working towards)
• Working as a Procurement Manager with procurement or category management experience.
• For our Capex role experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment (purchasing equipment and services or major Capital equipment purchases is preferred).
• Knowledge & experience of additional direct & indirect categories.
• Experience of drafting and negotiating contract terms and conditions (especially goods, services & construction contracts) and performance metrics (SLAs and KPIs).
• Demonstrable experience assisting end users in drafting and developing specifications and statements of work, drafting tender documents and managing the tender process.
• Ability to present business cases and strategy recommendations at board level.

​What’s on offer?

• Competitive Salary, bonus and benefits recognizing the contribution you bring
• Opportunities for Career Progression both at home and abroad
• An inclusive and safety focused culture with people at the heart of the business

We are committed to building a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.