We are looking for

Category Manager

The role

Working for the Head of Sourcing and sourcing lead you will be responsible for the delivering sourcing / tendering best practice across all FM categories and indirect categories as required (IT, Professional Services, HR and Marketing). The candidate must be willing to support the wider procurement function with a willingness to get involved in the broader areas of supplier risk management if required. The focus of the role will be predominantly on tendering, supplier relationship management and driving innovation all through excellent internal and external stakeholder engagement. 

Responsibilities

•    The role will require significant engagement with the business stakeholders to coach and support the teams in the delivery of sourcing best practice and Supplier Relationship Management. 

•    Lead in sourcing projects for all categories, supporting or leading all stages of the procurement lifecycle. 

•    Support the Supplier relationship management process for your suppliers, ensuring a review of each supplier and a focus on innovation and continuous improvement. 

•    Capturing initiatives and monitoring the delivery of the initiatives to ensure delivery. 

•    Support the supplier risk management team obtain all the required documentation from suppliers and ensure that the master supplier database is accurate and reflects the current contract status.

•    Support the supplier risk team in times of high demand to ensure the supplier database is up to date working as part of the wider procurement team. 

Person specification

Qualifications/Key Skills

•    Category management experience in FM and ideally experience in broader indirects (IT, Professional Services, HR and Marketing).

•    Excellent change management and stakeholder engagement skills. 

•    Excellent supplier relationship management experience and negotiation.  

•    Sourcing tools (ideally Proactics) and supporting user adoption.    

•    Commercial and contract appreciation. 

•    Excellent English language skills – both written and spoken

•    IT literate – MS Office at intermediate level

•    Stakeholder engagement and coaching experience 

•    Highly numerate

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

•    Heath & Leisure: Private medical cover, 25 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work 

•    Financial:  Pension, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme - you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice 

BNP Paribas Real Estate is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

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  • At BNP Paribas, developing your skills is as important to us as it is to you. And the skills you learn with us will help you through the rest of your working life.

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