Role: Procurement Category Manager
Salary: £43,000 - £48,000 + Bonus
Location: York
As Procurement Category Manager at Portakabin, you will oversee end-to-end sourcing, procurement, and contract management for direct material spend categories across all Pan-European business units.
You will create a robust, sustainable, and cost-effective supply base for the nominated category through sourcing, selection, and appointment of new suppliers to complement existing supply partners.
As a Procurement Category Manager, you will:
* Develop, implement, and evolve a three-year Category Plan aligned with Supply Chain objectives to support and achieve the company's strategic goals.
* Create a robust, sustainable, and cost-effective supply base for the nominate category through sourcing, selection and appointment on new suppliers to complement existing supply partners.
* Apply appropriate best-in-class techniques to consolidate and leverage the Total Group-wide spend to delivery maximum value whilst incorporating relevant tail-spend management approaches.
* Develop high level strategic relationship with key suppliers in respective market sectors as well as with influential organisations / industry bodies that relate to the category.
* Develop and maintain a high level of market intelligence to provide credible and recognised expertise to a wide range of internal stakeholders.
* Negotiation and Contract Management of major spend areas on a Pan-European, National and Regional basis to improve compliance to central policy, increase controlled spend whilst still providing agility through local execution.
Our ideal candidate
We are looking for someone who has:
* MCIPS qualification is desirable
* Previous experience in a senior procurement role, ideally within a similar environment
* Strong supplier relationship management
* Proven experience in negotiations and developing relationships
* An understanding of strategic sourcing, supplier evaluation and on-boarding
Benefits & Opportunities
* 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy additional 5 days
* Working flexibly principles
* Contributory pension
* Annual bonus
As a Portakabin Employee, you will also be able to access a range of dedicated health and wellbeing services, a chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day off, and fully funded professional qualifications! There is also a great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin.
Why Portakabin?
At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes. Our solutions support a wide range of sectors, including manufacturing, education, healthcare, transport, utilities, and construction.
We’re committed to sustainability, from reducing the environmental impact of our own operations, to designing energy-efficient buildings for our customers, and supporting the communities we serve through employee volunteering and charitable giving.
Today, more than 2,000 people work for Portakabin across ten European countries.
Portakabin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made. If you are having any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on resourcing@portakabin.com
