Category Manager

Job: Category Pipeline Manager

Contract: Initially 7 month (Inside IR35)

Location: Reading (3 days a week onsite)

You will develop and implement category strategies aligned to business objectives, driving efficiencies and savings while managing end-to-end strategic sourcing activity. The role combines hands-on delivery with longer-term category planning and supplier performance management.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver category strategies balancing short- and long-term objectives
• Lead RFx activity including supplier evaluation, negotiation, contract award, and handover
• Manage and optimise the supplier base, including preferred supplier lists
• Monitor supplier performance against KPIs and SLAs, addressing non-compliance
• Identify and mitigate supplier risks across performance, ethics, and health & safety
• Support supplier relationship management and value creation activities
• Use market insight and benchmarking to inform category decisions
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to align sourcing and category plans

About You

• Proven experience in category management and strategic sourcing
• Strong negotiation, commercial, and contract management skills
• Experience managing supplier performance and risk
• Confident stakeholder manager, able to work across a complex organisation
• Structured, compliant, and commercially focused approach

Interested?

Apply here or reach out to Fintan at TEC Partners for more information.