A well-established business that is building towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising its environmental impact and reducing its carbon footprint has a number of Category & Sourcing Specialist opportunities across a range of disciplines including Engineering & Constriction, Professional Services and Operational Assets. Along with a salary of circa £35,000 per annum (depending on skills and experience), you will receive a fantastic range of benefits including:

Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
25 days annual leave
Life assurance equal to 4x salary
Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
Health Cash Plan
Full funded eye tests
Two paid volunteering days a year
Occupational health service
Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
Digital GP service
Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
Cycle to work scheme

What you’ll be doing as Category & Sourcing Specialist:Their Sourcing and Category Management discipline strategically and proactively manages category spending and supply sourcing in alignment with value management strategies and demand profiles to optimise total cost of ownership. Responsibilities:

Supporting on the delivery of strategies and developing and implementing sub-category strategies.
Gathering and collating customer requirements, volume demands and specifications, feeding back to inform the development of strategy.
Gathering data on spend, including commodity pricing and spend data, and performing initial analysis to share.
Developing working relationships across the organisation that allow early involvement of procurement in any external third party spend required.

What we’re looking for in a Category & Sourcing Specialist:

The ability to manipulate complex datasets and strong category strategy development skills – ability to develop compelling category and sourcing strategies.
Performance and delivery orientated – ability to work with others to obtain critical information and achieve common goals.
The ability to demonstrate a proactive/can do style of work.
Strong analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

You will be working 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday, with a hybrid approach to working between the Durrington office (minimum 2 days per week) and home. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the procurement team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, their customers and the environment. To apply for this role as Category & Sourcing Specialist, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV.Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency. Once you have submitted your application it will be passed to the third party Recruiter who is responsible for processing your application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data, our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to confirm who your application has been forwarded to.

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