Category Manager (Property / Facilities Management / Construction)

TN United Kingdom; Watford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

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Category Manager (Property / Facilities Management / Construction), Watford

Client: TJX Europe

Location: Watford, United Kingdom

Job Category: Construction

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: c52918e45527

Job Views: 20

Posted: 16.03.2025

Expiry Date: 30.04.2025

Job Description:

Discovery is at the centre of everything we do. Wherever you find us around the world, if you can think of a product, you can probably find it in our stores. We are part of the TJX Family which includes TK Maxx, and Homesense in Europe and the UK and across the rest of the world you will find us as TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Sierra and variety comes plenty of surprises—our environment is ever-changing, and that’s just how we like it. Every day is an opportunity to discover something new about our business, our partnerships and even something exciting about yourself. Are you ready to Discover Different?

Category Manager – Property / Facilities Management / Construction

Job Summary

To manage the delivery and implementation of GS&P category strategies across TJX Europe. Through collaboration with the business and vendors alike, the Category Manager will ensure that the needs of the business are achieved through the implementation of optimal sourcing solutions.

The role will require the use of a variety of tools and techniques including, but not limited to, cost-based pricing, cost targeting, total cost of ownership, demand management, supplier relationship management, trend analysis, process improvement, and consortia buying to create competitive cost advantage.

You will need a background within Procurement / Category Management within one or more of the following areas: Property / Facilities Management or Construction.

This role is based in Watford with occasional travel throughout Europe and the USA.

Key Responsibilities

Global Strategic Sourcing

1. Executes global, international and national category plans via tools embedded in the strategic sourcing methodology and in collaboration with internal business partners.
2. Embraces regional international and cross-functional multi-cultural teams in the execution of the strategic sourcing process and the implementation of the strategy.
3. Develops and evolves product or service requirements across all TJX’s brands and geographies.
4. Maximises opportunities to batch multi-divisional requirements to create larger pools of sourcing to increase savings to TJX.
5. Prepares a regional negotiation plan and executes accordingly involving TJX legal, as necessary.
6. Pro-actively uses automated sourcing processes including auctions, RFX’s, and relationship management systems.

Regional Vendor Management

1. Manages the commercial element of supplier relationships.
2. Understands tradeoffs of risk, quality, and cost, and be able to manage each area through supplier management, contracting, and negotiations.
3. Maintains fair, courteous and productive relationships with all TJX international strategic vendors and reinforces TJXE’s positive brand image within the vendor community.
4. Looks to identify or develop and incorporate innovative products, services, approaches such as off-shoring, out-sourcing, consortia development, best country sourcing to support TJXE low-cost producer strategy.

Contract compliance.

1. Ensure that appropriate contractual terms are in place.
2. Prepares category reports for the Manager of Category and the GSPLT.

Innovation

1. Raises market innovation for covered categories and brings applicable ideas to the business for testing, cost modelling and performance measurement.

People Management and Leadership

1. Supports the optimization of TJXE £500 million indirect spend globally (6+ countries).
2. On a category basis, undertakes annual sourcing initiatives delivering between £1 and £2 million in yearly savings.
3. Responsible and impacts up to £75 million in indirect spend on an international basis.
4. Manages key strategic and day-to-day operational regional supplier relationships by actively planning and delivering on action items through the management of regional and national account executives.
5. Actively represents TJX within the global supplier community and the business world at large.
6. Vendor management and the harvesting of innovation from our vendor community is an integral part of the job description.
7. Recommends category initiatives within the portfolio of spend (10 to 20 initiatives per year).
8. Decides on negotiation plan and executes accordingly.
9. Recommendation for final vendor selection.

Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience

1. Bachelor’s degree.
2. Experience in offshoring and outsourcing.
3. Expertise in global strategic category sourcing.
4. Experience in global sourcing and Low-Cost Country Sourcing preferred.
5. Multi-country negotiations and contracts.
6. Experience in managing multiple stakeholders.
7. Property, Construction, FM related category experience and knowledge (plus others).
8. Oracle/SAP/Ariba or similar e-sourcing/P2P experience/knowledge.
9. Strong business and people management skills.
10. Excellent interpersonal relationship development skills.
11. Training & development skills.
12. Advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
13. CIPS qualified.
14. English with an additional European language desired.

Come and Discover Different at TJX. From opportunity and teamwork to growth, we think you’ll find that it’s so much more than a job. When you’re a part of our global TJX family, you have the full support of a diverse, close-knit group of people dedicated to finding the greatest deals and fantastic style. Best of all? They have a lot of fun doing it.

We care about our culture, but we also prioritise the important things like competitive salaries, solid benefits and plenty of room to grow in your role. It’s our way of empowering you to make your career here.

We consider all applicants for employment without regard to age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and/or sexual orientation.