Category Manager – Indirect Sourcing

Honda Motor Europe Ltd

Category Manager handling Indirect Sourcing in Business Operations with Honda. Developing category strategies covering Facilities, HR, Professional Services, Finance, Legal, and Customer operations.

Posted 6/10/2026contractBracknell • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and implement a Business Operations category plan that aligns with business priorities
Identify and deliver cost reduction, value creation, and efficiency opportunities
Lead end-to-end Business Operations sourcing events (RFx’s) in line with related policies and business requirements
Define Business Operations sourcing strategies, evaluation criteria, and negotiation approaches
Negotiate commercial terms, pricing models, and contractual frameworks
Ensure robust supplier selection and due diligence, including ESG considerations
Translate business needs into procurement strategies and sourcing activities
Drive adoption of procurement best practices across the organisation
Support strategic supplier relationships
Identify and drive supplier innovation and continuous improvement initiatives
Identify supplier risks and propose countermeasures
Ensure sourcing events fully comply with related policies, legal standards, and audit requirements
Maintain accurate documentation and audit-ready sourcing records
Track and report procurement benefits (hard savings, cost avoidance, value-add)
Support budgeting and forecasting activities with Finance
Monitor category spend and identify optimisation opportunities
Manage Category Specialists to support category strategies and sourcing events
Develop an environment of continuous improvement where the team can challenge the status quo and identify opportunities for improvement
Contribute to the drafting and review of contracts in collaboration with Legal and the business stakeholders
Support stakeholders from a Procurement perspective with the creation of a business case to enter into a contract for specific services/goods
Work with Indirect Sourcing colleagues on achieving departmental objectives

Requirements

What you’ll need

Previous category management experience in Business Operations or similar (Facilities, HR, Professional Services, Finance, Legal and Customer)
Strategic mindset
Ability to translate business requirements into sourcing strategies
Ability to identify Procurement related risks such as within the supply chain, supplier profiles and industry landscapes
Experience running a full tender process is essential
Possess skills to realise value beyond savings
Strong communication skills
Excellent stakeholder and supplier relationship management skills
Ability to work to tight timelines whilst maintaining good stakeholder communications
Strong negotiation skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities concurrently
Strong data analysis, influencing and decision-making skills
Ability to be trusted to work on your own initiative
Knowledge of contract law and procurement governance
Team player mentality

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexibility for when you work
Request to work from home 2 days per week
Contract position

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Hard Skills & Tools

category managementsourcing strategiesnegotiationdata analysisprocurement governancetender processsupplier risk managementcontract lawcost reductionvalue creation

Soft Skills

strategic mindsetcommunicationstakeholder managementnegotiation skillstime managementinfluencingdecision-makinginitiativeteam playercontinuous improvement