Procurement Category Manager - Logistics

Job Description

Procurement Category Manager – Logistics | Global FMCG brand

£55,000 - £65,000 + 20% bonus + private healthcare + great matched pension

Hertfordshire

A brilliant role has come up in the Procurement market for someone to come in and lead a key strategic area for this organisation across either Logistics and Distribution Procurement.

This brand is renowned for its innovative ways of delivering products into their consumers and has gone from strength to strength in market presence in the past few years. This role will focus on overseeing all Logistics and Distribution initiatives and will see you support the design of the logistic procurement.

This is a brilliant opportunity to oversee and help shape some of the largest contracts for this business across the logistics category strategy for an ever-growing business on a global scale.

What the role involves:

1. Oversee the Logistics category strategy on a global level
2. Lead implementation of Supplier Relationship Management & supplier evaluation processes
3. Engage with suppliers to consider the business as a customer in presenting innovation and cost efficiency projects
4. Lead implementation of tools (Spend Management, eRFx, eContract etc.) and process improvements
5. Ensure best-in-class service from our logistic and warehouse providers whilst optimising total cost of ownership
6. Drive the quality and impact of Procurement

The person we hope to find:

1. Logistics, Fleet or Engineering category experience is ideal
2. Proven experience in managing large scale ‘cradle to grave’ sourcing projects within Logistics Procurement is critical
3. Proven experience in working in a fast moving and results-driven environment which demands working under pressure.
4. A background in FMCG is preferable but not essential
5. Capacity to build trustful relationships at all levels of the organisation
6. Outstanding negotiation and influencing skills
7. Proven team leadership skills and ability to manage remotely
8. Entrepreneurial mindset
9. Ability to work in a truly global organisation.

This is a great opportunity for an individual looking to build and develop a category strategy for a critical area of spend within the Procurement team and to genuinely have a huge impact on ensuring the consumer products on offer to customers are distributed to the right places in an efficient and commercial way.

If you have good experience in Logistics Procurement and an interest to work for a global organisation with a chance to work in a dynamic environment, then this could be the role for you!

Please note this role offers a hybrid working model with an expectation of three days in the office on a weekly basis.

For more information please apply by emailing the latest copy of your CV and contact details to brad@talentdrive.co.uk