Procurement Category Manager

About The Role

Procurement Manager

Tamworth

Competitive salary, bonus, and excellent benefits

Full Time, permanent position

Are you looking for a senior Procurement position in a market leading company? Consider these questions.

Do you have proven experience in a procurement category management role?

Have you a proven track record of delivering procurement category strategies and achieved demonstrable benefits / financial savings?

Have you designed and implemented procurement strategies that have delivered on service, quality, risk management and supply chain improvements, as well as financially?

Are you keen to join an established, successful business which will value your skills?

If you have answered Yes, we would really like to speak with you! We are phs Group, the leading hygiene services provider in the UK, Spain and Ireland.We have a role that is ideal for you, where you can really make a difference. Your skill will be appreciated here within phs Direct, which aims to deliver value for money and innovation in a role that is truly rewarding.

Your role as

Procurement Manager

at phs Direct

Youll be responsible for designing, implementing, and improving a sourcing strategy for a stated category within an overall category management structure. Specifically, this would be for cleaning related categories including paper products, chemical products, and cleaning ancillaries / equipment. As our Procurement Category Manager, youll be a role model for professional procurement practice, delivering high quality solutions for our fast paced organisation. Other key areas of your role include:

Responsibility for key strategic national and international supplier selection and contract negotiations, relating to a defined category area (Paper Products, Chemical Products, Cleaning Ancillaries / Equipment)

To deliver the procurement category strategy including sourcing activities which generate benefits and achieve financial savings targets

Using insight and analysis of category and sub-category areas including spend and supply base, supply markets, market trends, and internal / external cost drivers

Using procurement tools to develop and implement sourcing strategies, including supply market positioning, supply base profiles, supplier assessment and financial analysis, RFI, RFP, RFQ and Invitation to Tender, and eAuctions

The ideal candidate

Youll require excellent communication skills, including the ability to influence and present with ease at Senior level (internal and external). Youll negotiate at the highest levels with suppliers on contracts up to c.£10m GBP. Your ability to analyse, evaluate and recommend on risk will be essential, as will objective decision making, lateral thinking and taking ownership. A CIPS qualification would be advantageous for this role. Experience we are looking for includes:

Experience in a procurement category management role, in a cross functional environment.

Demonstrable experience of delivery of a procurement category strategy and its benefits including financial savings.

Experience of working successfully in a complex environment, with knowledge of how to deal with a high level of uncertainty around predicted or future demand.

In return for your commitment and expertise

A competitive salary and annual bonus

Company car or car allowance, laptop and phone

Training opportunities to expand your skills. We offer accredited ILM training through external and in-house training

23 days holiday plus bank holidays (31 days in total)

Buy / Sell holiday scheme

Amazing employee discounts with major supermarkets and retailers with phsPerks.com

Access to Virtual GP for you and your family

Free Parking onsite so no parking costs

Other benefits such as improved parental leave, a 24-hour wellbeing helpline, cycle to work scheme, pension scheme, life assurance and more

Looking to move forward in your Procurement Career? We want to hear from you

Apply

now.

About phs

phs Group

was founded in 1963 and are the leading provider for Hygiene Services in the UK, Spain and Ireland. We have over 120,000 customers across 300,000 locations incorporating numerous businesses during 62 years of business.

phs

Direct supplies thousands of customers with a wide range of washroom consumables and products ranging from cleaning materials and paper products to hand dryers. With over 25 years of experience, we provide the expertise and know how to help businesses save money on their consumables spend, delivered straight to their door.

At phs, we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our staff. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination.

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