Category Manager - SC Cleared

Our client a central government department are currently looking for a Category Manager with SC Clearance to join their team on a 6 month contract paying £450pd inside IR35.

Minimum Requirement:

• Experience of leading Category Management initiatives and analysing large sets of data to identify and recommend opportunities.

• Demonstrable stakeholder management and communication skills including in providing briefings to stakeholders.

• Excellent attention to detail and management information analysis skills.

• Experience of working within public sector environment.

• Experience of working to tight deadlines.

This role is to provide support in readying management information for category analysis.

Activities within the role will include:

• Help to create a source of truth, data driven fact based which serves as a key document for both suppliers and customers.

• Support in data collection and analysis and liaising with other Commercial areas to gather information.

• Use MI to help develop category spend profile in the assigned FLC Commercial area.

• Use MI to identify and prioritise category management opportunities, analysing spend data and focusing on those areas which will deliver an acceptable Return on Investment.

• Identify areas for continuous improvement in data capture.

• Supporting role to FLC Commercial Category Management Lead.

• Engagement with key stakeholders within the assigned FLC Commercial area to educate and gather data to inform a Category Management Strategy Plan with a detailed Stakeholder Plan.

• Act as interface between the FLC Commercial area and the relevant FLC stakeholders.

• Support FLC Commercial Category Management Lead in preparation for Category Management meetings and carry out relevant actions for the assigned FLC Commercial areas.

• Skills Transfer - knowledge transfer to assigned FLC Commercial areas on Category Management strategies, stakeholder engagement plans and recommendations on the next stage of the initiative.

Security Clearance: SC

CV Deadline: 21/1

Interview Process: Skype / Teams Interview