Category Manager

Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom

11/20/2024

Aliaxis: We make life flow 💧

What does that mean? If you think about it, fluids are needed in every place or process you can imagine - in every home, in every hospital, in every factory, in every farm, in every café… In fact, we rely on fluids everywhere and every day. That’s why Aliaxis are here to help create the safest, most effective, and reliable solutions for sustainable fluid management.

The Opportunity/Role 📢

Reporting to the Head of Procurement, this role supports the business objectives of EMEA in Procurement in selected categories, ensuring the Procurement function is an asset of the company and actively contributing to the European Procurement network to ensure alignment, optimisation and results orientation.

• Develop and implement local goods & services Category Sourcing Strategies in conjunction with the UK Head of Procurement and European Category Managers.
• Actively cooperate with the European Category Managers and other Country Procurement Managers to maximize Purchasing synergies and performances.
• Identify and manage relationships with key suppliers and stakeholders
• Develop and implement local goods & services Category Sourcing Strategies in conjunction with the UK Head of Procurement and European Category Managers.
• Actively cooperate with the European Category Managers and other Country Procurement Managers to maximize Purchasing synergies and performances.
• Support the business in developing accurate functional and/ or technical specifications for products and services to ensure business needs and expectations are achieved.
• Carry out internal and external business & market analysis (offer and demand)
• Negotiate and work with suppliers to achieve best TCO value for goods & services to maintain and improve a competitive advantage for Aliaxis (from co-operation to hard)
• Implement and manage supply contracts and governance to ensure maximum benefits are realised by Aliaxis UK.
• Manage, monitor, report and follow up supplier performance (SRM)
• Develop and maintain management KPI's, reports/ presentations as and when required.
  
  

Requirements

Minimum 5 years’ experience in strategic category management

CIPS Qualification preferred

Experience in change management

Experience in Supplier audit

Experience of Power BI and MS AX12 systems would be highly desirable

Benefits

☀ 33 days holiday (inc bank holidays) with the option to purchase 5 more

💰 Performance Bonus

💸 Life Assurance 6x annual salary

🏥 Critical illness cover

💻 Hybrid working policy - work from home two days a week!

👶 Enhanced parental leave

👚 Great discounts on local retailers and restaurants

🙌 Fantastic Health & Wellbeing package including an Employee Assistance Programme and access to My Strength

📝 Pension contribution up to 10%

🦷 Dental and healthcare cash plan

🚲 Cycle to work scheme

😍 Plus many more

Equal Opportunity Employer

Aliaxis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer who welcomes candidates and employees from all backgrounds. We are committed to building and investing in a culture of belonging, where all our employees feel empowered, can be their true selves and are able to bring their best ideas forward and contribute to the company’s “Growth with Purpose” strategy.

For us, equity and belonging starts at the application step: whether it's offering flexibility in scheduling interviews, or ensuring a supportive and inclusive environment, we strive to remove barriers and create equal opportunities for all applicants. Should you have specific needs, please do not hesitate to let us know and we will do our best to accommodate.