Cedar are pleased to be supporting a leading Housing Association with the recruitment of an experienced Category Manager to work across M&E Category.

The roles purpose is to develop and lead strategic on sourcing activities and agreeing a procurement strategy , taking a commercial and compliant approach in developing appropriate routes to market.

This position is Permanent and only requires you to go into the London office once per week (sometimes twice).

This is an exciting position for someone that's keen to learn, and gain new Category exposure as Level 5 or 6 CIPS funding can be offered for the role.

Main Duties:

• You will be supporting the Senior Procurement Manager in developing and delivering operationally excellent strategies for a portfolio of M&E projects across the property area.
• Lead on the development, procurement and implementation of category strategies ensuring that contracts awarded deliver value for money and cost savings.
• Take responsibility for developing successful supply chain relationships through supplier/manufacturer visits and understanding the end-to-end supply chains.
• Maintain relationships with other key stakeholders including sector specialists, and resident involvement teams in wider supply chain improvement initiatives.
• Develop extensive market research and analysis in specific markets in which the categories operate and evaluate market intelligence to support specific procurement strategies.

Essential Requirements:

• You will need to be qualified to CIPS level 4 to be considered
• Be an experienced Procurement/Category Manager within the public sector (PCR2015)
• You must posses experience of working on multiple procurement projects at once, rather than one large strategic project
• End to end Category management from market analysis through to contract award

Desirable:

• Experience of working across the M&E/FM Category