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Procurement Category Manager

Ref: 169924

Manchester

£60,000

  • Permanent
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Category Management
  • Cost Savings

About the candidate

A multi-lingual Procurement Category Manager with vast experience across both indirect and direct categories.

This candidate has worked in a wide range of manufacturing environments including Automotive, Defence and Precision Engineering, and as a Procurement Generalist, their skills are highly transferrable to any commercial procurement role. 

They come with a strong track record of category management, strategic sourcing, and stakeholder management skills and have effectively led procurement teams and projects in multinational settings.

Their international exposure and ability to drive strategic procurement initiatives will make them a valuable asset in any dynamic business environment.

Currently seeking a new challenge and lives within commutable distance of Greater Manchester, Cheshire and West Yorkshire. 

What makes them great?

  • University educated with a degree in International Business
  • Multilingual skills - speaks fluent English, Italian, German and French
  • Highly adaptable having successfully managed a range of Direct and Indirect categories 
  • Excellent MRP / ERP knowledge, including vast experience working with SAP 

Just a few examples of previous achievements include: 

  • Delivering £6m savings vs spend of £35m across a range of Direct and Indirect categories for an electronics manufacturer
  • Managing £20m indirect spend across 11 sites globally, delivering £300k savings per annum 
  • Achieving savings of £100k per annum (4%) on plastic injection mouldings by transferring supply from UK to Eastern Europe
  • Moving supply of electronic sub-assemblies from Chinese supplier to an Italian vendor, saving £120k per annum (2% YOY) 
  • Significantly reducing inventory levels through implementation of Consignment Stock and VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) 

Areas of expertise

Core skillset:

  • Strategic Procurement 
  • Category Management
  • Global Sourcing
  • Cost Reduction 
  • Supply Chain Management
  • SAP

Indirect category experience includes: 

  • MRO
  • Tooling
  • Packaging
  • Freight
  • Hard/Soft FM
  • IT and Telecoms 
  • Marketing
  • Quality Assurance 
  • EHS Services

Direct category experience includes:

  • Mechanical components and sub assemblies
  • Electrical components and sub assemblies
  • Electronics
  • Subcon. processes (e.g. coating, painting)
  • Plastic injection mouldings
  • Castings 
  • CNC machined parts
  • Valves, seals, bearings