Procurement Category Manager

Salary: £57,003 - £60,003

Location: Ealing / Hybrid (occasional office attendance)

Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week.

DBS check required: Basic

Role Overview

We are looking for a Procurement Category Manager to join our dedicated Procurement department. As the Procurement Category Manager, you will join the growing procurement team as they strengthen the group’s procurement function.

About us

At A2Dominion, we’re more than a housing provider. We’re a not-for-profit organisation with a clear social purpose: to create homes and communities people love to live in. With over 38,000 homes across London and the South East, we reinvest our profits into building more affordable homes and delivering services that make a real difference. We’re also a proud member of the G15, helping lead the sector and tackle the housing crisis.

Key responsibilities:

* Supporting the Procurement Business Partner/ Head of Category in delivering the relevant category strategies, as well as taking ownership of various sub-categories, including leading end to end tender projects, management of framework agreements and other projects where appropriate

* Work closely with Head of Procurement Operations to enable a smooth transition to the new procurement regulations and contract management system.

* Carry out category and sub-category support activities (via category strategies) as directed by line management

* Liaise with wider organisation and colleagues to ensure consistent and compliant approach to procurement and contract management

* Overseeing successful contract implementations, attending scheduled contract review meetings with the internal stakeholders to support them in ensuring that supplier performance is being met against the agreed SLA’s and KPI’s. Providing solutions to contract related problems

* Following up with the internal stakeholders and supply chain on actions resulting from performance review meetings

* To develop/maintain appropriate supplier and customer relationships in line with agreed strategy for a specific category or sub-category under best practice contract management model

* Effective coordination of Category Management activity to ensure delivery of overall team objectives, including monitoring activities within ECM (Enterprise Contract Management portal in D365 and P2P)

More about you

* Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Math’s and English (Grades A*- C)

* MCIPS accredited or graduate caliber with a desire to undertake Professional Stage CIPS qualification

* Experience of performance monitoring and reporting against policy/project/contractual or SLA requirements

* Experienced in leading a range of public procurement procedures and sound understanding of the Public Procurement Regulations 2015 and forthcoming Procurement Act 2024

* Experienced in developing and successful delivery of Corporate andProfessional Services procurements, contract management, realizing cashable and non-cashable benefits, influencing and making recommendations.

* Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) to enable the development relationships both internally and externally

* Experience of pre and post commercial administration of contracts and managing supplier performance

* IT Skills – Good working knowledge of current category platforms as well as standard MS Office platforms and Tendering Portals

Choosing us is easy

As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include.

- 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service

- Up to 8% contributory pension

- Flexible working

- In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.

Inclusion at A2Dominion

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, and we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the process - just contact our Resourcing Team at resourcing@a2dominion.co.uk

We know some people may hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. If that’s you, we’d still encourage you to apply - or get in touch with us to talk it through. At A2Dominion, we value diversity, embrace flexibility, and are a family-friendly employer. Everyone belongs here. Join us and help make a lasting difference in the lives of our customers.

This vacancy is being managed by Danny Banks – danny.banks@a2dominion.co.uk