Senior Category Manager - Non-IT Procurement
Location: York, Leeds, Norwich, Bristol, Glasgow or Perth based (50% hybrid working)
Salary: circa £75,000
This is a great opportunity for someone with experience in Procurement, Category Management or Commercial roles who is ready for their next challenge. You’ll enjoy this role if you like working with different teams, getting involved in important commercial decisions and finding new ways to deliver value through our suppliers and wider supply markets
A bit about the job:
We’re looking for a Senior Category Manager to join our Procurement team, working across HR or Financial and Document Services. It’s a varied role where you’ll have the opportunity to shape category strategies, lead sourcing activity and identify commercial opportunities that support Aviva’s priorities and deliver sustainable value.
You’ll work with colleagues across Aviva, bringing commercial insight and challenge, influencing decisions and developing sourcing and supplier strategies that deliver the right outcomes. Reporting to the Principal Category Manager, you’ll also play an important part in developing our shared service model and how Procurement supports the wider business.
Skills and experience we’re looking for:
Great commercial and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with colleagues and suppliers and positively influence decisions.
Experience of developing and delivering Category Management, sourcing, SRM or broader commercial strategies in a changing and fast-paced environment.
Experience of sourcing, contracting and commercial negotiation, with the confidence to navigate governance requirements and influence the right outcomes.
A curious and commercially minded approach, with an ability to spot opportunities, challenge thinking and turn ideas into tangible value.
What you’ll get for this role:
Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.
Salary circa £75,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary, (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.)
Generouspensionscheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
29 days holiday plus
Senior Category Manager - Non-IT Procurement in West Bromwich employer: Aviva
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