Category Manager – Housing/Works and City Management Permanent

Cedar are supporting a Public Sector client based in Staffordshire who are looking to hire x2 Category Managers to work in their Housing & Works and City Management category. This position is a permanent job offering a salary ranged from £48,500 up to £57,500 plus a range of great benefits such as A LGPS This role will also operate on a hybrid basis so will require you on site 2 days per week.

The successful candidate will lead the strategic end to end category management activities from category plans and strategies through to running procurements via different routes to market. This role will involve negotiation of high-value contracts in order to achieve Value for Money (VfM) for the organisation.

The organisation has recently commenced a transformation programme and has established a new Procurement & Commercial Services organisation to be responsible for procurement activity and payment services. Some of the key aims of this is to adopt a common strategic approach for all tendering activity, implement and improve Contract Management and Supplier Relationship Management and overall to adopt the best technology to support/create a commercially confident and high-performing team. The successful candidate will be responsible for 1 direct report and where required, on a project by project basis – additional resource.

Required Skills:

• MCIPS qualification, working towards MCIPS or equivalent experience
• Experience working a similar role or category in the UK Public Sector is desirable (PCR2015)
• Experience of working in and an understanding of Category Management – experience developing category strategies is advantageous
• Experience delivering in a fast-paced environment

Should this role be of interest to you at all, then please apply and one of the team will be in touch if you meet the requirements.