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Category Manager - IT
portsmouth water
24d ago
Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Havant, England, United Kingdom
Office Full-Time
Company Size
1500+ globally Employees
Service Specialisms
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Role
What you would be doing
cost management
team collaboration
safety integration
commercial leadership
process improvement
regulatory compliance
- Manage IT category spend with high strategic impact, ensuring alignment with business goals and risk mitigation.
- Collaborate with business leaders to drive cost reduction through standardisation, aggregation, and minimising tail spend.
- Embed Portsmouth Water’s health, safety, and wellbeing values into sourcing strategies and supplier qualification processes.
- Lead commercial activities across the sourcing lifecycle, delivering value creation and minimising total cost of ownership.
- Promote continuous improvement in procurement procedures and working practices to enhance service delivery and efficiency.
- Develop and implement category and demand strategies by engaging stakeholders to understand business needs and specifications.
- Deliver exceptional customer service to both internal teams and external partners, promoting clear and proactive communication.
- Support the development and continual improvement of procurement best practices across the full lifecycle, ensuring processes remain current and effective.
- Ensure full compliance with utilities procurement regulations, statutory obligations, and data protection requirements throughout sourcing processes.
- Build strong, trusted relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
What you bring
water industry
cips/mcips
negotiation skills
strategic sourcing
procurement procedures
project management
- Knowledge of the water industry and/or IT category specific supply chain
- CIPS or MCIPS qualified; or alternative qualifications in transferable expertise
- Solid negotiation, influencing and resolution skills
- Experience of strategic sourcing in a multi-stakeholder environment and f working within multi-disciplinary teams
- Knowledge and experience of regulated procurement procedures (either UCR, PCR or PA23)
- Track record in delivering against stretching target
- Ability to analyse and present complex commercial/contractual data and concepts to a wide range of stakeholders
- Excellent proven commercial and contractual acumen
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple workstreams
- Relevant transferable business and/or supply chain knowledge
- Project management experience or qualifications
- Outstanding communication skills and customer service ethic with strong stakeholder engagement capabilities
- Self-starter resilient and tenacious under pressure and willingness to develop skills and experience
- Health Cash Plan and so much more!
- Electric Vehicle Scheme (after 1 year)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
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