Assistant Category Manager – IT, Digital & Professional Services

Assistant Category Manager – IT, Digital & Professional Services

Permanent

Theale/Home – 3 days a week in the office

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We’re looking for an Assistant Category Manager to join a growing Procurement team, supporting sourcing, supplier management, contracting and commercial activity across IT, Digital and Professional Services.

You’ll support the end-to-end Source-to-Contract process, working closely with the Category Manager and stakeholders across IT, Digital, Finance, HR, Legal, Risk and other business functions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting and running RFIs, RFQs and RFPs
• Managing supplier engagement, onboarding and due diligence
• Supporting commercial negotiations and contract renewals
• Maintaining contract and procurement pipelines
• Analysing pricing, spend, savings and supplier performance
• Supporting supplier risk, governance and compliance
• Preparing procurement documentation, evaluation materials and recommendations
• Identifying opportunities to improve procurement processes and ways of working

We’re looking for someone with experience in procurement, purchasing, supplier management, contract administration or a commercial support role. xwzovoh

You'll ideally bring:

• Experience supporting sourcing or tender activity
• Strong supplier and stakeholder management skills
• Good commercial awareness and analytical ability
• Excellent attention to detail and organisation
• Confidence managing multiple priorities and deadlines
• Good Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
• Exposure to IT, Digital, Professional Services or indirect procurement is desirable
• CIPS qualified or working towards CIPS is a bonus

This would suit someone who is commercially minded, organised, proactive and keen to develop their procurement career within a broad IT and Digital category environment.