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Salary: up to £60,000 per annum DOE

Location: Oxfordshire

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, with hybrid working 2-3 days working across OSJCT trust sites.

About the role

We are looking to recruit for a new Category Manager to join our Procurement team. The Category manager will be responsible in aiming to delivery financial savings and to implement a procurement strategy for spend in categories in their scope.

About You

You will be a qualified Procurement professional, with a minimum of 6 years’ experience in the development, drafting, structuring, negotiating and managing of supplier contracts. Other skills and experience required include:

• Drives implementation of and continually reviews procurement strategy with key stakeholders thereby ensuring alignment with business direction thus enabling OSJCT to achieve its medium to long terms goals
• Ensures OSJCT builds and maintains expert knowledge of the key supply markets under control
• Develops relevant supplier relationships that will aid the delivery of OSJCT’s strategy, drive innovation, continual improvement and best practice.
• Maximises the ROI on the OSJCT spend with third parties
• Ensures, via collaboration with the business and through project execution, that agreed project targets are delivered to time and budget.
• Challenges stakeholder requirements and educates stakeholders on the supply base and the market in order to drive maximum benefit and preferred supplier compliance
• Works with the business/key stakeholders in promoting and delivering effective contract and supplier management practices
• Manages risks and ensures value for money through effective negotiations and putting in place appropriate contractual relationships

About our Benefits

As a key member of the team, you can expect benefits such as:

• Contributary company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• 25 days’ holiday + Bank Holidays
• Free parking
• ‘My Rewards’ scheme and Blue Light Card giving you discount on shopping, holidays, cinema, dining, days out and much more

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