Category Manager - 12521

Salary: £To be confirmed on application (our client has asked for this not to be advertised).

Location: Reading area up to 2 days per week onsite

Contracting Authority: Government Client
Contract Length: Required for a minimum of 8 weeks.
Clearance: DBS
Top 3 Evaluation Criteria:
1. 5+ years’ experience as a Category Manager
2. Good understanding of Category Methodologies
3. Contract Management
Essential:
• 5+ years’ experience as a Category Manager
• Contract Management
• Category strategy
• Stakeholder Management
• Good understanding of Category Methodologies
• Risk Management
• Supplier negotiations – cost and contract
• T+C knowledge
• strategic sourcing and tender creation / evaluation
• category strategy creation and implementation
• Good at writing formal documents
Desirable:
• Public Sector background
• CIPS Certification
• Defence or Nuclear background
• Manufacturing procurement background would be advantageous.
• Highly advantageous to have worked in a highly regulated industry
• A confident negotiator

Our dedicated team would be pleased to discuss in more detail how we may be able to help

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