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We are hiring for a Category Manager to join our growing team in Portadown.

Responsibilities

• Lead the outsourced spend for a specific commodity spend Category
• Build, maintain and manage scaled & critical strategic supplier relationships.
• Accountability for significant and sustained cost savings for their Category, on an on-going basis.
• Ensure key input into the overall Make vs Buy strategy, identifying opportunities and synergies both within the supply chain and current Make portfolio.
• Provide strategic leadership to key business transformation and outsourcing projects and leverage strong project and change management skills to manage complex and high value outsourcing and re-sourcing projects.
• Drive sustainable and ethical sourcing practices across the organisation. Influencing stakeholders at the highest level within the business unit, suppliers, and customers.
• Management of strategic sourcing, search, and supplier evaluations; conducting RFPs / tender / commercial negotiation processes
• Managing multiple supplier relationships and projects to balance supply chain competition
• Securing a global supply base that meets the organisation’s cost and performance targets
• Drive continuous improvements for the Category / group of commodities.
• Negotiate and implement LTAs and subcontracts
• Provide insights and recommendations based on analysis, research, industry trends, benchmarking, and best practices.
• Global travel as and when required

Reward

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus (linked to company performance)
• Health cash plan
• 33 days annual leave
• Contributory salary sacrifice pension scheme
• £5,000 employee referral bonus (role dependant)
• Death in service at x4 gross salary
• Wellbeing Initiatives
• Employee Recognition scheme

Requirements

Essential

• >5 years’ experience in Supply Chain / Strategic Procurement within a technology / aerospace company
• Bachelor’s degree ideally in Engineering, Business, Operations, Strategy or related field
• Category Supply Market knowledge
• Proven track record of managing strategic sourcing processes and critical supplier relationships and of leading complex sourcing evaluation process and outsourcing
• Demonstrated experience influencing senior executives.
• Demonstrated ability to forge close business relationships with internal and external stakeholders at senior leadership level.
• Skilled negotiator adept at managing complex negotiations at management level with both external and internal stakeholders
• Expertise in delivering change programmes to switch supply base to achieve lower cost / improved performance whilst retaining secure supply.

Desirable

• CIPS Master / Advanced Practitioner or equivalent

We reserve the right to enhance criteria on shortlisting.

Thompson Aero Seating is an Equal Opportunities employer.

The closing date for applications is the 16th July 2023 at 17:00

For further infomation contact [email protected]