Job Title: Senior Category Manager - SC
Location: Aldermaston, Reading (3 days/week on site)
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Daily Rate: £81.74/hr(Umbrella – Maximum)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Security Clearance: SC & Sole Uk National

Essential:
• SC (Security Clearance)
• 5+ years Public Procurement experience
o Negotiating
o Stripping costs from contracts
• Supplier Relationship Management
o Ability to influence and deliver
• Stakeholder Management at various levels, internal and external
• Ability to work autonomously
• Has worked similar size of contract
• Knowledge of MOD or working with MOD, 3+ years (worst case would accept public sector experience)
• Has experience doing competitive flexible procurement on PA23.
• Open framework experience
Desirable:
• ERP experience
• An IT Background
• Background in integrating systems, eg SAP or similar
Key Accountabilities:
• Develop and implement Category Strategies for assigned sub-group of categories, balancing short and long-term objectives to meet business strategy and efficiencies (savings) in alignment with business stakeholders.
• Support and execute complex strategic sourcing activities in line with approved category strategies and preferred suppliers list, including the execution of the RFx process, supplier evaluation and selection, contract negotiation, business award and contract handover to the business, in compliance with the business requirements as well as policies and directives, including Code of Conduct and Code of Business Ethics.
• Responsible for contractual and commercial management and effective contract administration to the relevant team providing commercial assurance to deliver commercial value.
• *Support and execute Supplier Relationship Management for key and critical suppliers within the sub-group of categories, including supplier segmentation, contract management, supplier risks identification and mitigation and suppliers performance.
• Identify and develop supplier value including planning and participating to external management review meetings with segmented suppliers (Management Business Reviews and Executive Business Reviews) in accordance with Supplier Relationship Management framework and the agreed supplier strategy.
• Support and provide input to the Process and Performance team as appropriate.
• Support the development and interface with the Service Centre.

Key Responsibilities:
• Consistently demonstrating positive behaviours in line with the company's environmental, sustainability, safety, health, security, quality and ethics standards.
• Category Management Drive and implement Category Strategy to deliver cost effective category solutions and business models.
• Supplier base management and supplier classification (Preferred Supplier List – PSL), securing competition in the supplier base.
• Implement ways of working according to Category Management Framework including the delivery of Category targets and KPI’s for assigned group of spend categories. * Business Intelligence, benchmark and market insight to support category development. *Contribute to the long-term business ensuring competitive initial cost and total cost development in the product and service life cycle and maintenance of the specific supplier contract for products and services.
• Contract Management Prepare and execute a Contract which is appropriate to the scope, value and risk outlined in the sourcing strategy, ensuring all relevant stakeholders have contributed and approved as appropriate.
• Administer the Contract in accordance with all of the terms and conditions ensuring contract compliance.
• *Ensure appropriate management of commercial risks, forecast spend and change impacts with key stakeholders.
• Supplier Relationship Management Suppliers segmented and managed (quality, performance, risk) in accordance with the Supplier Relationship Management Framework

Disability Confident
As a member of the disability confident scheme, CLIENT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant   
CLIENT is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify for the above, please notify us on 0121 794 8181.
We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

To apply for this role please submit your latest CV or contact Aspect Resources on 0121 794 8181