Sanderson Recruitment

Senior Category Manager - (sourcing)

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Location
Dublin, Co. Dublin
Location type
Hybrid
Employment type
Full time
Job type
Fixed term
Salary
€350 - 380
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Senior Category Manager

A great opportunity to join an established, supportive and growing team. You will be negotiating on labour-based contracts with companies that are undertaking construction work for this industry.

You will be: -

  • Performing market analysis to find potential suppliers.
  • Guiding internal business partners through supplier selection process.
  • Working cross-functionally to document requirements, build RFPs, & conduct negotiations.
  • Managing a sourcing journey & following process
  • Validating that suppliers are upholding contract terms & conditions.
  • Leading in supporting cost savings & revenue generation business goals through the sourcing process for large spend category areas.
  • Drive all aspects of complex strategic sourcing process, taking lead on contract negotiations of business & pricing terms & conditions,
  • Conducting research & providing benchmark data on pricing &/or other key terms.
  • Processing varying types of data to achieve useful conclusions.
  • Work with Business Partners to solve supplier issues i.e.. Contract language clarification.
  • Increase purchasing power to achieve a lower cost while mitigating risk.
  • Take a lead role & work with & lead multiple teams; guide them to best priced, but technically qualified Suppliers for services required.
  • Stay current with industry trends for assigned category area & advise Bus. Partners.
  • Present new products, technologies & services from existing or new suppliers to clients.

Skills, Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience.
  • Strategic Sourcing experience.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Business degree in procurement supply chain, engineering, surveying, construction etc
  • Lean Six Sigma certification is a nice to have & (PMP)/similar in Project Management
  • Supply chain certification, CIPS/CPSM/CPM
  • Project management, budget management, RFP, & vendor selection experience.
  • Experience with site walks (ideally) in construction, construction insurance & bidding processes.
  • Experience in telcos/Technology or labour-based sourcing welcomed.
  • Ideally familiar with SAP and Ariba and MS Office
  • Strong communication skills, energy & resilience

Reward: a great day rate; a hybrid working policy that is enviable; supportive team and company

Important Dates
Posted on
17 May, 2023
Application deadline
14 June, 2023
Start date
19 July, 2023

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