Procurement Category Manager, Professional Services in Bristol

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic procurement initiatives, using data and market insights to develop impactful category plans.
• Build and maintain strong vendor relationships that foster collaboration, innovation, and performance.
• Lead key procurement activities such as contract management, commodity analysis, and continuous improvement planning.
• Take ownership of all aspects of business travel management globally ensuring compliance, efficiency, and optimization through standardized processes, documentation, and controls.
• Champion process improvements to transform business travel into a strategic advantage—focusing on cost control, innovation, risk mitigation, and user experience.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams to align procurement goals with broader business objectives.
• Stay ahead of market trends and industry best practices to maintain expert knowledge and elevate the procurement function.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic thinker and proactive leader who thrives in a fast-paced, global environment and is passionate about delivering real business impact through procurement excellence.

What will you bring to the role?

We are a global business with an entrepreneurial spirit, and we are proud of that. What thates with is a fast-paced environment and lots of change so you will be resilient in nature and able to adapt quickly and embrace the pace of change we often work under.

Required :

• Bachelor\’s degree and / or 10+ years Category Management experience
• Contract negotiation experience
• Expert with Excel and spend dynamics reporting ability

Preferred :

• Expert knowledge in category experience (preferably Professional Services)
• Proven leader in driving change and transformation
• Strong analytical skills and proactive in nature

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle.

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family.

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in ourpany, and you\’ll receive apany contribution as well.

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future.

And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life atputershare, visitputershare / careershub.

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About Us

Apany to be proud of

We\’re a global leader in financial administration with over 12,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. Atputershare, it\’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

A diverse and inclusive place to work

Atputershare we value diversity and we welcome applications from everyone, believing that an equal and inclusive culture is key to excellent results. One of the greatest advantages for our organisation is the talent and diversity of our people and we strive to ensure all our employees have an equal opportunity to contribute their ideas, bring their personality to their work and showcase their skills. For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visitputershare / access for further information.

putershare is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

About the Team

Our Shared Services teams support all of our business lines behind the scenes. Across the world, we have a range of specialisms that ensure the delivery of our business priorities. These include Technology, Information Security, Finance, Risk, Audit,ernance, Marketing andmunications as well as our People team. Join our strategic team and help us look after everything from creating an amazing end to end employee journey to keeping our systems safe. You\’ll be looking after our people, our clients and their customers, whilst maintaining our exceptional standards around the globe. Job ID 300001651581333