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Category Manager - Hardware and Infrastructure
Mott Macdonald
23d ago
Intermediate (4-7 years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Office Full-Time
Company Size
17,000 Employees
Service Specialisms
Engineering
Consulting
Project Management
Architecture
Design
Construction services
Infrastructure
Sustainability
Sector Specialisms
Engineering
Architecture
Bridges
Building services
Building structures
Dams and reservoirs
Geotechnics
Industrialized design and construction
Role
What you would be doing
vendor management
market analysis
procurement strategy
report development
sourcing strategy
stakeholder communication
- Manage escalated issues between vendor and the company and coordinate key mitigation actions
- Analyse market trends and conditions for present and future pricing, availability, lead-time, and capacity of goods and services
- Effectively communicate procurement strategies to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear way
- Develop and deliver purchasing and inventory reports, bid proposals, requirements documentation, and tender documents
- Direct and manage sourcing strategies from beginning to end
- Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organisation’s executives, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent sourcing activities
- Provide periodic oversight and execution of vendor requalification
- Comply with all IT purchasing policies and procedures, including those for equipment, hardware, software, and service provision, in conjunction with department leads and department-specific requirements
- Monitor and analyse trends in company spending and inventory control to make recommendations for the future, and to identify areas for savings
- Where possible, standardise equipment to lower total costs
- Interview, identify, and qualify potential new vendors or suppliers to secure more cost-effective sources of products and services
- Negotiate pricing, terms and conditions of sale, and warranties of goods and products with key suppliers and vendors
- Negotiate pricing, terms and conditions of contracts with contractors and/or service providers
- Review and maintain the global supplier/contract base for the IT category, and update annual IT category plans to re-tender, consolidate, expand or change suppliers, as appropriate to leverage optimum service and value
- Define purchasing recommendations that support business goals, in collaboration with management and stakeholders
- Monitor vendor, service provider, outsourcer, and/or contractor performance to ensure quality of service
- Develop, establish, implement, and enforce supplier and outsourcer guidelines, obligations, and service level agreements to the organisation
What you bring
category management
contract management
conflict resolution
problem solving
attention to detail
financial savings
- Experience in achieving financial savings through supplier negotiation
- Experience / Knowledge of category, supplier, and contract management
- Experience working in an environment where customer needs are variable
- Experience of procuring and negotiating contracts
- Excellent conflict resolution, communication, and collaboration skills
- Experience running end-to-end RFPs for senior stakeholders
- Experience tendering and managing contracts over £1m
- Logical and analytical approach to solving problems
- Experience of implementing procurement policy, procedures, and governance
- Ability to balance demands and priorities and think clearly under pressure
- Experience operating at both a tactical and strategic level with a track record of success in delivering financial savings
- Experience implementing best practice contract and supplier management
- Experience working under category management-based approaches
- Working knowledge of the Category Management process MCIPs qualified or willing to work towards a CIPS qualification
- Attention to detail and a focus on quality
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
- A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
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Company
Overview
1989 Founded
Company Establishment
The company was established in 1989, marking the beginning of its journey in global engineering and consulting.
150+ Countries
Global Presence
The company operates in over 150 countries, showcasing its extensive reach and international influence.
- Delivering complex projects that require both technical expertise and strategic vision.
- Design of major infrastructure and transport systems.
- Specializing in sustainable solutions to address challenges and capitalize on opportunities.
- History built on innovation and forward-thinking engineering, consistently delivering impactful results.
- We are one global team.
- We strive to make a positive difference.
- We value people and their contributions.
- We act with integrity and respect.
- We are committed to innovation and excellence.
- We take responsibility for our actions.
2050
Net Zero by 2050
Aiming to achieve net zero carbon emissions globally.
30%
Carbon Emissions Reduction
Targets a 30% reduction in operational carbon emissions globally.
- Committed to reducing carbon emissions globally.
- Aims to embed sustainability throughout its operations.
- Committed to contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals.
50:50 by 2025
Gender Balance Target
Strives to achieve equal representation of men and women across all levels of the organization by 2025.
- Focuses on increasing the number of women in leadership roles.
- Tracks and publishes gender diversity data for its global workforce.
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