Category Manager - Professional Services

Job Description

We are currently looking for experience professional services category managers who have global procurement experience. This role requires candidates to be in the office in London 4 days PW, with 1 day working remotely.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders
• Leading assigned sourcing initiatives, which vary in terms of scope and scale from routine renewals to more strategic purchases, under own initiative with minimal oversight required
• Conducting market tenders and managing the evaluation across a cross-functional team to determine supplier selection
• Understanding business requirements and structuring deals to meet those requirements
• Negotiating deals to achieve optimal commercial terms
• Drafting contracts based on standard terms and conditions
• Leading cross-functional deal teams and liaising with senior stakeholders
• Building relationships with key suppliers
• Maintaining market awareness for assigned categories, leveraging experience to contribute to sourcing area plans and opportunity assessments
• Identifying and implementing opportunities to deliver savings and drive benefits through smarter/efficient sourcing
• Mentoring/coaching less experienced team members and supporting them in more complex deals as required

Qualifications

• Educated to University standard or equivalent – MCIPS desirable
• Minimum 5-10 yrs experience in sourcing across professional/corporate services categories

Required Skills

• Demonstrates proven market knowledge of Professional Services, with skills to apply knowledge to drive maximum value
• Proven capability of running large multi-million / complex global deals, including all aspects of the tender process
• Hands on approach for deal execution, manage deals end to end on their own with minimal oversight
• Highly organised and results driven, can lead a cross-functional team
• Client/stakeholder focus within the corporate environment with the gravitas to influence senior stakeholders