Category Manager

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About the Role
Reporting into the Head of Category Management, the successful Category Manager willbe responsible for the management and control for all local spend in the category cluster of circa £300-350m.You will also develop and implement best practice strategies to deliver value, innovation and cost savings to the business whilst managing risk.
We are looking for a Category Manager where previous category management experience in a Logistics category would be highly desirable and take preference over category management in other areas.
What you'll be doing
In this role, you as the successful Category Manager will be carrying out the following duties and responsibilities (not exhaustive)
Proactively engaging and influencing stakeholders including Excom, CRH Category Cluster teams and local cross functional teams to deliver sourcing initiatives
Owning the Logistics category end-to-end including Sustainability, Innovation, SRM and Contract Management; driving contract compliance and long term value-add and innovation
Be seen in Tarmac as the subject matter expert in category knowledge and be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge & understanding of all areas of spend within the category cluster
Driving category cluster synergies across UK businesses and IRE cluster where applicable
Maximising the value of contracts through compliance activity, proactive business engagement and responsiveness to stakeholders
Driving the execution of CRH regional and global strategies
Driving procurement KPI performance management through contract management and create a culture of continuous improvement with tangible results
What we are looking for
We are looking for a Category Manager who is in possession of the following skills/attributes:
Previous Category Management experience in Logistics would be advantageous, but not essential
Educated to a degree level in a business or technical discipline
Previous experience in category management, ideally in a multi-country organisation
Able to manage multiple projects across different parts of the organisation at the same time.
Ideally MCIPS qualified.
Experience in multiple industry sectors would be beneficial
Why Tarmac?
Youll be joining a collaborative, innovative team.We offer opportunities to grow, take ownership, and work on impactful projects across our organisation and the broader CRH Group.
Ready to build your future with us?
In addition to the role of Category Manager , we also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:
Bonus scheme
Enhanced holiday entitlement
Contributory pension scheme
Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communitiesinc. ( REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
Training and development opportunities
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Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer.We arecommittedtocreating aninclusivework environment for all employees andactively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please click on the apply button to complete your application.Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
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Tarmac Trading Limited

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Location:
Marston Green
Salary:
not provided
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Marketing

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