Category Manager Chesterfield, England
Job description
Job reference number 298652
Category Manager - Remote Working
Competitive salary
Car allowance (£4000 or £3500 cash quivalent)
Personal Healthcare
Up to 18% Annual bonus potential
Generous annual leave offering of 27.5 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days after 10 years service
Full time
Permanent
Remote working with occasional office visit
Do you want to work with enthusiastic and talented people? Do you thrive on new challenges and have the ambition and determination to deliver a first-class service? We have an exciting opportunity for the right person to join our Finance team to help drive change within the business.
If you are an expericned Category Manager or a Category Buyer looking for the next step in your career this could be the for you.
About The Role
The purpose of this position is to maintain an effective procurement interface for a specified category of technology goods and/or services and lead a category team in its implementation in order to deliver first class value for the business and protect it from risk.
Additionally you will:
- Account manage internal customers in the business areas serviced by the category – understanding their business drivers and needs in the context of the company strategy, agreeing how they can be most effectively met and advocating effective use of procurement resources.
- Lead the category team in the sourcing through to award of specified category of goods and services in order to meet internal customers’ needs, deliver first class value for the business and protect it from risk.
- Ensure sourcing activity in the category is carried out in an efficient and timely way that is compliant with Royal Mail policy, process and guidelines.
- Be motivated to support and develop in the team, ensuring processes are adhered to and a culture of performance management and continuous improvement is prevalent – proactively collaborating in cross-procurement performance calibration where required.
- Challenge and guide to drive effective procurement strategies that maximise financial and non-financial value delivery.
- Work collaboratively with other Procurement Team members to make most effective use of the resources available across the procurement functions through a ‘pooled resource’ way of working.
- Ensure the maintenance of accurate and complete electronic records for all contracts and projects in the category and provide other category data and insights where required in order to drive value or mitigate business risk.
- Be able to provide expert negotiation guidance and support to maximise value delivery or mitigate risk across the category and be a commercial and contractual escalation point for business area customers and contract managers.
About You
To be successful in this position you shall have a track record in professional procurement and supply chain delivery. You will also be able to demonstrate experience of value delivery and the application of strategic sourcing methodology. Experience across, Platforms, Hosting, App Management and Development, Del and Telecoms a distinct advantage.
Additionally you:
- Have a minimum of three years of experience in procurement roles
- Have experience of achieving goals and supporting and developing others to meet them
- Have experience of managing multiple projects/project strands at once and working at pace to challenging deadlines
- Have experience in program & change management and can demonstrate application with a technical background with procurement experience
- Have a proven ability to apply professional expertise to develop and implement innovative procurement solutions
- Are an effective problem solver with demonstrable experience in formal and informal contractual and commercial issue resolution in areas of strategic or critical importance
- Are a proven negotiator and have been trained in negotiation principles with a track record of savings delivery
- Have excellent interpersonal skills; able to lead in cross-functional teams and confidently operate at all
Qualifications
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (MCIPS) Qualified
- Degree level with relevant post graduate experience and/or qualifications
Extra Benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement of 27.5 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with years completed service
- Company pension scheme with competitive contribution rates
- RMG Share Schemes - partnership and matching share offer
- Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
- Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills*.
- Supportive and generous company sick pay
- Access to our Feeling First Class service, providing both mental and physical wellbeing support
- Lifestyle benefits - You can purchase a car, bike, home technology or mobile phone, or choose from a range of health benefits and insurance products. You make regular payments from your salary, and so could save on tax*.
- Financial support - information and services to help you manage debt and grow your financial knowledge, with debt consolidation & savings plans*
- Your peace of mind with - Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life (life insurance) & Additional Life Partner, Hospital & Death Benefit Plans; Voluntary Critical illness & Voluntary Critical illness Partner
- Free & discounted RMG products - free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts
- Free stamps at Christmas
- Available only to perm employees
Your career in safe hands
At Royal Mail we value our people and we want our people to be proud to work for our businesses.
We have the assets, the infrastructure and the scale that others don’t, yet we are a big part of the communities we operate in, making billions of precious deliveries each year. We are responsible for the largest B2B customer database in the UK and are one of the largest employers in the UK, providing one in every 194 jobs.
An operation of this size needs a strong support network, and the HR, Legal, Finance, IT, Risk & Governance, Customer Experience, Sales & Marketing departments are all integral to helping us to utilise the latest technology and business approaches to optimise, automate and digitise our operations.
Royal Mail is a forward thinking, innovative organisation, that is also committed to reducing emissions and improving air quality in our communities. This includes investing in technologies such as electric vehicles, drones, alternative fuel trucks and energy improvements to our estate.
Next Steps
The next stage of the selection process will be a virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions. We plan to hold interviews on OR w/c 11th of September.
Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.
We don’t expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.
Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.
We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.
Closing Date: 1st of September. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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