Category Manager

Overview

Lead procurement category management and sourcing projects for property services.

Key Responsibilities

• sourcing projects
• market research
• stakeholder management
• supplier engagement
• spend analysis
• category management

Tasks

As a Category Manager, you will play a pivotal role leading and delivering on a number of key sourcing projects, working collaboratively with project teams and range of stakeholders across the business. You'll ensure that procurement support is aligned to the objectives and culture at SNG, enabling the fulfilment of our corporate plan ambitions. -Delivering a portfolio of sourcing projects from end-to-end, ensuring the business receives value for money, meets project timelines and delivers to a high standard -Undertaking market research, on suppliers, markets including framework opportunities to support active procurement projects -Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders to understand business plans and objectives as well as any challenges, opportunities and identifying any risks -Leading supplier engagement and sourcing activity from definition of requirements and sourcing, through to tender and life cycle management -Identifying areas where procurement can add measurable value in terms of sourcing exercises, onward effective supplier management and strategic procurement -Overseeing your categories and analysing trends in spend, supplier engagement, and contracts to develop strategic procurement solutions to deliver efficiencies and benefits to the business -Ensuring all expenditure is identified with routes to market being clearly defined

Requirements

• category management
• procurement
• supplier management
• stakeholder management
• agile
• data analysis

What You Bring

Have you got procurement Category Management expertise? We've got a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Category Manager to join our busy Procurement team. Based from our head office in Basingstoke, you'll combine home and office working to ensure a positive work / life balance. -Understanding of the principles of procurement with the ability to transfer and apply this understanding to different projects across multiple categories -Strong experience in leading on end-to-end procurement projects, including tenders -Experience in supplier relationship management, ensuring value for money deals with suppliers who are committed to delivering a high service to SNG, and managing the commercial performance of procurement contracts -An agile approach with the ability to work successfully on multiple projects at different stages, effectively prioritising tasks -Excellent stakeholder management skills with proven ability to engage and influence others to deliver the best outcomes -To be well organised with a high attention to detail -To be self-motivated and an active collaborator, sharing ideas and working cohesively with the wider team -Strategic procurement category management expertise, evidencing the use of data and analysis to drive decision making -An understanding of Procurement Act 2023 or exposure to PCR projects is beneficial to this role

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Benefits

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you! -3 additional wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days -Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package -Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary -Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover -Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service -25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)

About Sng (Sovereign Network Group)

-Born from a merger of two housing associations, Sovereign and Network Homes. -Today it manages homes and serves residents across London and southern England, crafting places where families thrive. -SNG plans homes over the coming decade with significant finance deals. -By early 2025 it reported strong financial health. -Its typical projects include building affordable homes, regenerating brownfield sites, retrofitting existing properties, and partnering on shared-ownership schemes. -SNG combines regional teams—covering local housing services—with central expertise in customer engagement, development, finance, and sustainability. -SNG maintains credit ratings across major agencies. -Its ‘Homes and Place Standard’ ensures new and existing homes meet high design, quality and net-zero readiness benchmarks.

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