Category Manager

Are you an experienced Procurement Manager or Category Manager with proven procurement experience in property services? We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Category Manager to join our Procurement team at SNG (Sovereign Network Group). Based from our offices in Basingstoke or Wembley, this is a great opportunity to combine home and office working to ensure a positive work / life balance. Occasional travel to other offices may be required, and there will be a requirement to attend our Basingstoke office once a week for team days. The Role As a Category Manager, you''ll play a pivotal role within our team, delivering a number of strategic and priority sourcing projects, collaborating with stakeholders to develop category plans and identify opportunities, supporting occasional operational procurement requirements, and maintaining procurement compliance. You''ll support our teams across property services - asset management and estate services. Main responsibilities include: Overseeing nominated category areas, suppliers and contracts to develop strategic procurement solutions to deliver efficiencies and benefits to the business Delivering an agreed portfolio of sourcing projects from end-to-end, ensuring outcomes represent value for money, meet timelines and facilitate high standards Maintaining compliance with the public procurement rules on individual projects and throughout the overall category portfolio Leading supplier engagement and sourcing activity ..... full job details .....