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Senior Category Manager

Business Services

West Midlands

Permanent

Updated September 5, 2008

An exciting opportunity has arisen with my client, a large and increasingly successful Business Services organisation, for a Senior Category Manager to join their Direct Purchasing team. Reporting to the Head of Direct Purchasing the main responsibilities of the role will be:
• Line management for up to two Category Managers.
• Achieve targeted efficiencies and cost savings across a defined area of spend.
• Contribute to the overall development of the Purchasing function and the Supply Chain which is in place to increase the stability and control of the spend throughout the organisation.
• Create, define and implement category strategy for the optimum business result to be achieved.
• Build high-quality relationships with key internal stakeholders to enable effective use of the procurement function and efficient implementation of procurement strategy through the organisation.

Who we're looking for
You will be a target focussed individual with demonstrable achievement of targets historically. You will be keen to develop yourself and your career in a fast moving environment.
You must have experience in commodity purchasing within the manufacturing, automotive or aerospace sectors.
You will also ideally be degree and CIPS qualified.

About our client
My client is a significant Business Services organisation who are achieving further impressive growth and expansion.

What's on offer
Salary to £50,000 plus car, bonus and benefits.

Michael Page Contact
For further info, apply or phone on +44 (0) 121 230 9350. Job Ref: 12985841
Your application will be sent to Kevin Bennett.