Category Management Coordinator in Northampton

Role Category Management/Purchasing Coordinator

Location Northampton (Hybrid)

Package Competitive salary, bonus plus additional company benefits

About Ricoh

Ricoh is a global technology business. As a company born in print, we design and manufacture graphic solutions that transform communications. To keep up with the pace of change in the workplace, we have built an extensive portfolio of innovative, industry‑leading digital services spanning everything from Cloud & IT infrastructure solutions to process automation tools. Everything we do is designed to help individuals achieve fulfillment through work. Through technology we make work smarter and more creative, enabling people to lead purposeful working lives and organisations to become more productive, sustainable and profitable.

Responsibilities

• Support the effective planning and coordination of Category Management activities within the Telecommunications business area, ensuring processes are delivered efficiently and aligned with business requirements.
• Validate supplier quotations for accuracy and compliance with agreed commercial and contractual standards, liaising with suppliers to resolve discrepancies and obtain approved pricing.
• Support the end‑to‑end contract process for new suppliers, coordinating with internal teams and suppliers to ensure agreements are completed, documented, and stored accurately in line with procurement procedures.
• Maintain and update reports to ensure data accuracy and visibility of sourcing and contract activity, distributing outputs to stakeholders in a timely and consistent manner.
• Support supplier lifecycle and administrative processes, including deactivations, handling supplier queries, and maintaining internal systems and approvals in line with governance and policy requirements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing multiple priorities within a fast‑paced environment.
• Proven experience of working with multiple stakeholders across a matrix organisation.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to collect, analyse, and interpret data to support category decisions.
• Experience using Excel and reporting tools (e.g., pivots, lookups, dashboards) to support insights and performance tracking.

Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working in line with role requirements.
• An inclusive workplace.
• Excellent package with solid basic, strong bonus and company benefits, including:
• A competitive holiday entitlement, two days special leave per annum for volunteering, additional holiday purchase scheme.
• Flexible retirement plan.
• Wellbeing schemes to support your physical, emotional and financial health including Employee Assistance Programme, financial protection, life cover and will writing, medical protection, gym, travel and retail discounts, and more.
• Company car / car allowance (role‑specific), cycle‑to‑work scheme.
• Career development and life‑long learning opportunities.
• Opportunity to join a global company.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunities employer. We are open to discussing adjustments to the recruitment process if needed. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non‑membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.