Category Specialist
- Recruiter
- Butler Ross
- Location
- Watford
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 01 Jan 2019
- Closes
- 18 Jan 2019
- Sectors
- Manufacturing & Industrial
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Excellent opportunity for a Category Specialist working with a leading services company based in Watford, with an excellent salary up to GBP40k. This role is due to recent growth and will sit within the Procurement team, focusing on Purchasing, Supply Chain and Tender process.
As a Category Specialist, you will be involved in all aspects managing a category, from tender process to end to end supply chain.
Responsibilities of the Category Specialist;
As a Category Specialist, you will be involved in all aspects managing a category, from tender process to end to end supply chain.
Responsibilities of the Category Specialist;
- Delivering sourcing principles across all categories, including clinical and non clinical.
- Working closely with key stakeholders to understand specific requirements.
- Drive delivery of all category targets.
- Maintain knowledge of supplier markets, sub categories and capabilities.
- Working with key suppliers to improve quality, performance and drive down cost.
- Lead negotiation of commercial contracts with suppliers
- Manage supplier relationships, ensuring business needs are met through contract lifecycle.
- Expert for the specific category with understanding of market, industry and best practice.
- Experience in managing sole category, ideally Medical, HR, Professional Services, Marketing or similar.
- Experience in Clinical and/or non-clinical sourcing
- Educated to a degree level within Supply Chain, Business or similar field.
- Member of CIPS