Category Manager
As a key member of the procurement and contracts team, you will play a pivotal role in implementing sustainable best practice sourcing, innovative category strategies, and a commitment to supplier relationship management. This role is responsible for the implementation, management, and administration of categories, as well as high-value and complex contracts.
Key responsibilities:
- Strategic sourcing across multiple categories.
- Formulates implementation plans, develops and manages category and contract management.
- Creates and executes strategies to maximise value from both new and existing supply categories and high value contracts.
- Management of an existing supplier base, ensuring mutually beneficial relationships and added value for the organisation and its customers.
- Analysis and reporting of supplier performance, supply chain risks and procurement activities to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Encouraging collaboration between procurement and a diverse range of stakeholders in order to align objectives and achieve procurement outcomes.
- Tracks, assesses, and reports on contract milestones, performance metrics, and outcomes.
- Develops negotiation strategies and leads commercial negotiations.
- Assisting to formulate forward-thinking strategies such as supplier consolidation and category management plans.
The successful applicant will require:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience.
- Previous exposure to strategic procurement with a category framework.
- You will be passionate about achieving procurement outcomes and leading the way on sustainable procurement & innovative sourcing and category strategies.
- Tertiary qualifications preferred.
To apply for the role, please click on apply to submit your CV. For a confidential discussion, please contact Randstad’s procurement & contracts specialist, Hayley Wilson on (08) 9320 1617.
Shortlisted candidates will be provided with full company and remuneration details.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
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