Key Responsibilities:

• Partnering with stakeholders across operations to understand requirements and developing category plans.
• Managing end-to-end contracting activities, ensuring business objectives and governance requirements are met.
• Leading competitive tendering exercises, evaluate proposals and negotiate commercial and contractual terms.
• Drafting and finalising complex contracts, ensuring risks are understood and mitigated.
• Overseeing supplier performance, compliance and engagement across assigned categories.
• Identifying opportunities for cost reduction, value improvement and continuous optimisation.
• Supporting the delivery of the annual contracts plan and other SCM initiatives.
• Providing market insight, benchmark data and recommendations to inform sourcing strategies.
• Resolving contractual or supplier issues, engaging with Legal or other internal experts when required.
• Contributing to improvement projects within supply chain and providing guidance to colleagues when appropriate.

About You:

• Strong experience in contract and category management within operations or logistics.
• Knowledge of LOGIC contracts and contract law.
• Skilled negotiator with a record of managing complex, high-value agreements.
• Proficient in SAP, MS Office and procurement tools such as Ivalua.
• Degree qualified and ideally MCIPS-certified (or equivalent).
• Collaborative, commercially focused and able to influence across all levels of the business.

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