Category Manager – HR and Corporate Services
Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller
Category Manager – HR and Corporate Services
Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Manchester • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- To manage a complex spend area; creating robust spend category strategies.
- Active business partnering with key stakeholders/Business Unit Engineering functions across the business with the aim of driving specifier engagement and compliance.
- Provide team management and day to day activities within the function.
- Create and implement category strategies for key spend areas aligned with the Business Units and Group service functions.
- Ensure procurement policy, processes and spend compliance rules are in place.
- Support new product launches within the Business Units (involvement in strategic projects).
- Create and present recommendations to the business units.
- Present key insight/updates to the key stakeholders covering data analysis & market insight in order to ensure effective planning and decision making.
- Implement a supplier relationship strategy to achieve the agreed KPIs and to develop sustainable added value potential.
- Carry out continuous improvement and efficiency reviews within the function and business units with defined action plans detailing accountabilities and timelines.
Requirements
- Significant experience in HR procurement especially temp. labour, consultants and professional services - driven procurement categories.
- Clear understanding of requirements to support business but also what drives costs.
- A capable category manager in their own right, able to drive action from a project team and deliver sourcing events to a defined and sometimes challenging timescale.
- Specialist knowledge & experience in the defined categories.
- Commercial acumen with profound negotiation skills.
- Ability to turn strategies and decisions into action.
- Strong influencing, negotiation and communication skills at all levels within a business.
- Excellent Data Interpretation & Analysis skills.
- Moderation/Presentation Skills.
- Competent project management skills.
- Fluent command of English.
- Experience in Food, FMCG or similar operational procurement (desirable).
- German language skills (desirable).
- CIPS certificate (desirable).
- SAP knowledge (desirable).
Benefits
- Up to 15% annual bonus
- 4 x Life Assurance policy
- £550 Car Allowance or Company Car
- Partner Private Medical Insurance
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service)
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave
- Enhanced Bereavement Leave
- Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%)
- Exclusive access to Müller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
HR procurementtemp labour procurementconsultants procurementprofessional services procurementdata interpretationdata analysisproject managementcategory managementsourcing eventsnegotiation
Soft skills
commercial acumeninfluencing skillscommunication skillspresentation skillsability to drive actionstrong interpersonal skillsteam managementcontinuous improvementefficiency reviewsstakeholder engagement
Certifications
CIPS certificate