Senior Category Manager in London

Equiniti is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation, and credit technology. With over 6000 employees, it supports 37 million people in 120 countries. EQ is a fintech that connects the future of capital, communications, and governance, building trust and confidence in every market we serve. We are TRUSTED to deliver on our commitments, COMMERCIAL in building long term value, COLLABORATIVE in our approach and we IMPROVE by continually enhancing our skills and services. There has never been a better time to join EQ.

Role Summary

To lead strategic sourcing activity and manage key stakeholder and supplier relationships within category. This role is responsible for driving savings, value, innovation, and compliance while ensuring Procurement supports wider business objectives through proactive collaboration and effective supplier management. Lead and develop a high performing team creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Core Duties/Responsibilities

• Category Management: The development and execution of category and supplier strategies (short, medium, and long-term), aligned with business objectives, goals and targets. Developing and maintaining a pipeline (including contract renewals and new initiatives) to forecast savings and increases for the category over a 12-24 month period. Deliver cost savings, risk mitigation and value-add opportunities. Conduct spend analysis, market assessments and opportunity identification. Lead sourcing activity including tendering, negotiating and contracting. Work collaboratively and as one Team with Supplier Risk Management as part of the Supplier cycle i.e., comprehensive hand offs for key suppliers to ensure appropriate and effective governance.
• Stakeholder Management: Be the trusted Business Partner and advisor to key business areas and stakeholders. Facilitate collaboration between stakeholders and suppliers to meet business needs. Drive early engagement in projects to align commercial, operational and strategic objectives. Communicate procurement value through regular reporting and engagement.
• TPRM & SRM: Work with internal Supplier Risk Management Team to ensure supplier risks and compliance is managed within the TPRM Framework. Set clear expectations and KPI's for strategic suppliers. Monitor performance and drive continuous improvement with key suppliers. Identify and implement supplier led innovation.
• Team Leadership: Set clear objectives and provide coaching to support personal and professional growth. Allocate resources effectively across categories and relationship areas to meet team and business priorities within budget. Champion knowledge sharing, consistent practices and capability / development across the Procurement team.
• Governance & Process: Ensure Procurement activities comply with internal policies and external regulations. Use Procurement Tools - LogicGate, Workday Finance, Workday Strategic Sourcing, Contracts Database to ensure transparency, compliance and approval workflows. Contribute to procurement continuous improvement, including tools, templates and digital transformation efforts.

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

• Significant proven experience in a procurement Category Management role with a strong focus on the Technology Category.
• Deep and wide understanding of procurement processes and systems, with a record of successful operational implementation of strategic sourcing practices in complex organisations.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into relationship management strategies that deliver tangible operational and commercial benefits. A track record of achieving targets and results.
• Strong contract drafting and contract management experience, including SLAs, KPIs, and supplier performance monitoring.
• Experience in managing and developing a high performing team.
• Record of active participation in cross-functional procurement transformation programs.
• Extensive cross-sector industry experience, potentially including financial services background.

What We Offer (UK ONLY)

• Save For Your Future - Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%.
• All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) - Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit.
• Health and Wellbeing - Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhanced cover.
• Employee discounts - Discounts and cashback at your favourite high street stores through our EQ Wins Platform.
• Flexible Benefits - The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more.
• Time Off - Typically 29 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.
• Winning together - Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising the individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed.
• Learning & Development - Investment in LinkedIn Learning for all colleagues.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Please note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These consist of 5 year activity & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks.