Category Manager

Description:

Now is an exciting time to join Platform Housing Group, a dynamic, forward-thinking social housing business who offer employees an inclusive and supportive environment with excellent benefits and family friendly policies.

We are currently looking for a Category Manager to join our expanding team on a permanent basis.

This is an additional role to support our Growth and Development teams to ensure we secure the best outcomes for the Group and our customers by applying Category Management tools and techniques across all areas of indirect and direct spend.

This is an exciting new role and a fantastic opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to contribute to the development of the team. We have a supportive culture and a positive working environment where you will feel supported and empowered to enact change and make a real positive difference.

Some of the things we are looking for:

• Experience of working in similar role in a Procurement, Category Management, or commercial function
• Experience of Housing or Construction would be considered desirable
• Strong communication skills with proven experience of developing and managing relationships with senior colleagues within a complex organisation
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills including experience of data analysis, data cleansing & data optimisation activities across complex and misleading datasets