Vacancy Details

Description

G10 £40,476 - £43,693

The post of Category Manager is based within the Council’s Commissioning, Procurement and Contract Management Unit. This vacancy is a Permanent opportunity.

The Category Manager will lead on strategic sourcing activities within the designated category area with the goal of achieving improved value for money outcomes from the Councils procurement activity.

The post holder will work closely with key stakeholders to develop procurement implementation plans and will aim to deliver a pro active, professional and highly commercial procurement service that is responsive to service needs and delivery.

The role has a direct report to the Strategic Procurement Lead and will operate in a team environment with other Category Managers / Commissioning & Contract Managers; it will also involve a ‘hands on’ departmental delivery role to assist in the delivery of identified benefits and efficiencies.

There is a focus on developing and nurturing key stakeholder relationships to drive improvement in to procurement activities across the designated area of spend.

Category Management is an established approach to Procurement, which can now be found embedded in a large number of Public Sector and Private Sector Organisations. The principles of it and the benefits it can deliver have been detailed into reports presented to the Council’s SLT and SMT.

For an informal discussion and to obtain further detail in relation to the vacancy please contact Nicola Thompson, Strategic Procurement Lead – Tel. 01978 292807.

The Council welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, religious belief or age.

The Council is committed to developing its bilingual workforce and welcomes applications from candidates who demonstrate their capability to work in both English and Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.