Category Manager
Biffa
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: High Wycombe • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Leading end-to-end tendering, negotiation and contract award processes across your categories
- Delivering annual savings targets while improving supplier quality and delivery performance
- Developing and executing category strategies to reduce cost, mitigate risk and drive innovation
- Managing sustainability requirements, including support of SBTi targets
- Building strong stakeholder relationships while ensuring compliance with procurement processes and systems
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience in strategic procurement within a category management model, ideally degree educated (CIPS desirable)
- Proven experience running complex, multi-stakeholder tenders with strong commercial and quality evaluation
- Strong negotiation skills and confidence influencing within matrix organisations
- A proactive, resilient, improvement-focused mindset with a clear ambition to drive change
- Knowledge of logistics and supply chain operations, with waste industry experience highly beneficial
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
strategic procurementcategory managementtenderingnegotiationcontract awardsupplier qualitydelivery performancecost reductionrisk mitigationsustainability
Soft Skills
stakeholder relationship buildingcompliancenegotiation skillsinfluencingproactive mindsetresilienceimprovement-focusedambition to drive change
Certifications
CIPS