Category Manager

Purpose of Job: Category Manager To be responsible to the Category Lead for: Category Manager Providing excellent senior level commercial advice to support the Council to achieve it''s corporate objectives. Working in partnership with the relevant Department, acting as a key strategic adviser on complex procurement matters, managing procurement projects of high value, complexity and/or risk to the council and to guide and advise the relevant department(s) to achieve the twin objectives of value for money and social value. Providing expert technical information, advice, guidance and challenge on all aspects of the procurement process to internal customers Managing relationships with third party partners, and to ensure that any potential risks within procurements are effectively managed to safeguard successful delivery of outcomes. Specialising (although not exclusively) on contracting activity within certain categories of spend or certain classes of contract activity so as to gain familiarly with certain service considerations Contributing to Council-wide and service areas initiatives that will achieve and implement the corporate objectives. Providing effective: procurement programme and risk management application of corporate procurement standards and controls management of people, resources and operations as may be required for identified key procurement projects within the service areas. Manages up to 2.directly managed staff. Category Manager Manages up ..... full job details .....