category manager London, England
Job description
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As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
Role Purpose:
On a global basis, lead strategy and planning for a Procurement sub-category to deliver competitive advantage for HSBC business through cost savings, lifecycle value generation, demand management and innovation.
The role will support the Global Category Lead in a specific sub-category area, covering all commodities within their respective sub-category. With specific category knowledge, this will be achieved through the creation and continual review of robust and forward-looking category plans that use the full range of supply and demand-side levers.
The role is required to identify new outsourcing opportunities and assess their relevance and potential value to the organization in conjunction with and under the guidance of the Global Category Lead. The role will develop influential senior level relationships (generally at a level below those held by the Global Category Lead) with designated businesses and functions on behalf of all of the Procurement sub- functions including ownership of both Buying Channel and PSL compliance.
Whilst not responsible for the execution of Category plans, the role will support the country Heads of Procurement and their Sourcing Execution Leads in the execution of these plans and the achievement of savings.
Key to success are advanced skills in analysis/synthesis in the application of a range of commercial models, with a focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
- The Procurement function provides a professional service to every division of HSBC, to HSBC Holdings, to all HSBC Group companies in the local country, and increasingly to HSBC.
- The Category Manager is expected to support the Category Lead in managing the category like a business within a HSBC, but must earn this authority through an outstanding track-record of delivery.
- The Category Manager is directly responsible for the delivery of category strategy and planning components of the sourcing cycle as directed by the Category Lead and, for the relationships owned by them on behalf of the Procurement function, is indirectly responsible for the full end to end source to pay cycle (all geographies). This includes all 3rd party spend and internal costs associated with the provision of those products/ services. In this context the Category Manager has the authority to develop the category, but must not undermine businesses' operational accountability for supplier relationships.
- There is a need to uplift the Procurement functions category management and sourcing capability through a comprehensive strategy including intervention in sourcing activities, rigorous governance processes and people development.
- It is expected that the Category Manager will sit on relevant leadership committees and positively influence appropriate forums of the businesses/ functions.
- The Category Manager should follow the S2C (Source to Contract) and Category Planning process and governance, but is expected to adapt the approach where relevant to their category.
- Provide, as a part of a team in a matrix management environment, timely responses and solutions for numerous diverse and complex purchasing, contractual and logistical issues.
Your responsibilities will include:
- The Category Manager will sit on relevant stakeholder committees and positively influence appropriate forums of the businesses/ functions.
- Supporting the creation of sub-category strategies and plans to achieve or exceed agreed savings targets for the category.
- Driving business outcomes and behaviours with subject matter expertise to drive value through the category planning lifecycle.
- Lead/ support as necessary the creation and maintenance of a pipeline of projects to achieve or exceed agreed savings target for category.
- Understand complex business problems,
