Category Manager

Location: Birmingham
Salary: Highly Competitive + Excellent Benefits Package + Car Allowance

Join 2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover exceeding £3 billion and approximately 13,000 employees across 16 sites. We operate across poultry, chilled, and bakery categories and are home to well-known brands such as Holland's Pies.

Our products are supplied to major retailers and foodservice customers including Aldi, Asda, Co-op, KFC, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose. We are committed to delivering high-quality food for the British public while providing outstanding development and progression opportunities for our people.

As Category Manager, you will take strategic ownership of a portfolio of indirect spend categories, including CAPEX, IT, HR, and Factory Services. You will be responsible for developing and delivering category strategies, driving value through strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, and contract optimisation.

The business is entering a particularly exciting phase, with significant transformation projects underway, including large-scale re-tendering activity and a review of 300+ IT contracts. This role offers the opportunity to operate at a strategic level, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver measurable commercial impact across the organisation.

• Develop and implement end-to-end category strategies aligned to business objectives

• Lead the preparation and execution of RFI, RFQ, and ITT processes

• Manage strategic sourcing, supplier selection, and contract negotiations

• Own supplier performance management, governance, and continuous improvement

• Drive value through cost optimisation, risk management, and innovation

• Lead contract implementation and ensure compliance across the business

• Build strong, collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders and senior suppliers

• Support and lead complex procurement projects, including large contract renewals and systems/data improvements

• Contribute to the evolution of the centralised procurement function and best practice

We are looking for an experienced procurement professional who is ready to step into (or already operating within) a Category Manager role. You will be commercially astute, comfortable managing complexity, and confident engaging with senior stakeholders across a large, matrixed organisation.

• Proven experience in procurement, ideally with category ownership or strategic sourcing responsibility

• Experience across indirect categories (IT, HR, CAPEX, or Factory Services preferred), though strong transferable experience from direct procurement will be considered

• Strong negotiation, contract management, and supplier relationship skills

• Confident, credible communicator with experience working with senior stakeholders

• Highly organised, proactive, and results-driven

• MCIPS qualified or working towards (desirable but not essential)

• Hybrid role with an expectation to be on-site 3 days per week

• Based at Colmore Row Head Office, moving to our new office near Birmingham Airport in March

• 33 days' holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)

• Refer a Friend Scheme

• Health Assured EAP & Grocery Aid - confidential support 365 days a year

• 50% discount at Boparan Restaurant Group brands

• Cycle2Work Scheme

• Excellent career development opportunities with a strong focus on internal progression

• Why Join Us?

As one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, we offer a dynamic, fast-paced environment where procurement plays a critical strategic role. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape category strategies, influence major commercial decisions, and develop your career within a complex, evolving organisation.

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