Support Category Managers in setting long term commercial strategic direction for assigned Business Services categories.

Influencing business and wider category stakeholders.

Developing a supply base to meet the changing requirements of the category.

Providing subject matter expertise on complex purchasing, technical, legal & contractual issues.

Defining governance around best practices and purchasing policies. 

Support Category Managers in achieving assigned category targets for cost reductions.

Responsible for category reporting.

Conduct thorough market research and spend analysis.

Identify potential suppliers and evaluate market trends/risks.

Draft and issue sourcing events (RFI/RFQ/RFP) based on data-driven insights; analyze supplier proposals against predefined weighted criteria; coordinate technical and ...