Category Manager

Salary: £230.4 per day

Overview:

Insight Executive Group is proud to represent this high-profile London university to source a Category Manager for a rewarding 12-month fixed term contract.

This contract offers you a fantastic opportunity to work within an inclusive, family-friendly and highly supportive organisation that rewards people with worthwhile benefits. It is located in a vibrant area of London, but you can take advantage of the flexible working opportunities to fit around your personal commitments too.

The purpose of the role is to lead the Scientific and Laboratory category requirements to identify and deliver best value solutions for stakeholders, as well as to actively support the value for money agenda for an annual budget of £40m.

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Procurement, you will be comfortable managing, maintaining, and developing supply agreements to achieve best value for money as well as good practice in non-pay expenditure.

To be considered for this contract, you must hold a minimum level 4 CIPS and experience within public sector procurement would be a great advantage too.

Role Responsibilities:

For a detailed list of responsibilities, please get in touch with Mike Kennedy directly today.

* To provide professional procurement advice and ensure compliance to the relevant regulatory and statutory obligations.

* To attend and proactively participate at project boards as required, advising and assisting with making key decisions.

* To proactively identify, evaluate and drive opportunities of procurement options to provide value for money.

* To ensure that compliance and best value is achieved for all Tenders carried out. This will include coordinating the development of product/service specifications, preparing the commercial and legal elements of the invitation to tender documentation, agreeing on evaluation criteria and participating in the evaluation of tender returns.

Essential Skills and Experience:

* Minimum Level 4 CIPS

* Significant experience in managing large and complex procurement

* Experience in contributing to strategic plans, both financial and non-financial

* Experience in managing high-value contracts together with proven skills in successful risk management and project management

* Understanding and managing procurement risk and ability to provide expert advice

* Excellent partnership working skills, including consultation and negotiation

To find out more, and apply, please click on the ” button within this ad, and Mike Kennedy will be in touch with you soon.