Procurement Category Manager

Procurement Category Manager Location - Birmingham Snow Hill Hybrid working - 2 days a week in office Salary - £38,550 - £45,350, plus 15% 'flex fund' payment HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities. The Procurement Category Manager will play a key role in improving the ongoing performance of the corporate procurement team through a continuous improvement programme. He/she will provide HS2 with best practice procurement advice in relation to complex disciplines and deliver to completion all assigned projects using their specialist expertise. The Procurement Category Manager will support the Senior Procurement Category Manager in managing the expectations of key stakeholders, including Internal Directors/Senior Managers and External Parties such as DfT and Cabinet Office (ERG), and determining strategic and long-term procurement plans that are best in class by monitoring day-to-day business requirements and progress on critical issues. The Procurement Category Manager will also be required to present to boards and committees as needed to respond to challenges and assist with sourcing approvals of ongoing procurement actions. The annual spend on corporate goods and services is estimated at approximately £500m per annum. The Procurement Category Manager will be responsible for developing procurement strategies and category plans within a range of £1m - £500m. About the role: The Procurement Category Manager will lead cross-functional teams covering a portfolio of specific spend categories and is accountable for the delivery of all procurement projects within these categories. Develop and lead a team (direct and indirect reports) to deliver savings opportunities for an assigned portfolio, ensuring that objectives and success criteria are identified and delivered in line with client expectations. Understand key commercial drivers and success criteria for procurements. Establish appropriate demand management processes across HS2 to ensure that the full benefits of the category strategy are delivered. Lead the identification and implementation of innovative sourcing approaches to enhance service levels and minimize costs, ensuring compliance with HS2 strategy. Provide category and strategic sourcing insight to enable HS2 to make informed choices about expenditure deployment. Lead the development of positive relationships with HS2 Senior Managers/stakeholders to raise awareness of the benefits of a strategic approach to spend. Identify, develop, and prepare business cases, reports, and committee items, presenting to appropriate internal and external stakeholders. Drive the delivery of HS2 themes and goals into all procurement strategies, tender documents, and evaluation processes. Promote the importance of procurement across business units and best practices through continuous improvement. Participate in team meetings for procurement to provide specialist guidance and enable the implementation of policy, projects, and change initiatives. Advise on applicable procurement legislation and developments to ensure compliance with regulations. Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all work and support all organizational initiatives on EDI. Support Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs) and contract performance reviews and other ad hoc reviews. About You: Skills Ability to manage multiple work streams in business-critical areas at different stages of development. Internal and external stakeholder engagement skills to build relationships with colleagues internal to HS2 Ltd and partners across industry and Government. Ability to support market testing activities to determine best fit service provision. Skilled in compiling category plans, tender, and commercial documents. Ability to assess and disseminate information across various locations. Report writing skills, presenting, commercial analysis, and negotiating skills. Communication skills with the confidence to interface with senior colleagues and stakeholders. Ability to view and convey the role of procurement as a facilitator rather than an obstacle. Ability to drive excellence in staff leadership and management skills. Knowledge Understanding of the supply market for corporate services, including complex professional consultancy services. Membership of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply or equivalent. Awareness of government initiatives and policies with the ability to assess relevancy. Knowledge of the Public Procurement Regulations. Experience working with or for publicly funded bodies. Knowledge of different forms of contract and risk allocation. Experience Experience of undertaking procurements using different pricing/risk options. Experience cultivating relationships with suppliers. Experience in motivating and leading a team of procurement professionals. Experience of procuring large value complex and/or specialist contracts. Experience in leading teams and managing/coaching staff in their career development. The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity, and Respect. As HS2 Ltd does not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we cannot provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application. Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial, and Education checks. We ask for a variety of details in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability based solely on the information in your CV. In our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

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