Senior Category Manager - Professional Services
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This exciting opportunity as a Senior Category Manager - Professional Services requires expertise in procurement in managing a HR / Corporate Services Category
Client Details
This opportunity is with a well-established organisation which is transforming and growing. We're looking for a Senior Category Manager to join our growing Indirect Procurement team. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape category strategy, influence senior stakeholders, and drive meaningful commercial outcomes across Corporate Services, Professional Services, Marketing, Travel, Fleet, and wider indirect spend.
You'll play a key role in developing and managing category plans, improving supplier performance, and delivering cost savings that support efficient business operations. Working closely with functions across the organisation, you'll help build a best‑in‑class procurement capability within a newly developed global procurement structure.
Description
As a Senior Category Manager - Head of Category - Corporate Service - Professional Services
- Develop and deliver category strategies across Corporate & Professional Services and wider indirect spend. You will manage end-end procurement across a large spend and help set up the key processes to enable success
- Partner with stakeholders across the business to understand requirements and improve sourcing activity.
- Lead cost‑saving, cost‑avoidance, and value‑creation initiatives.
- Manage supplier negotiations, tendering, and contract renewals.
- Build strong supplier relationships and drive performance through effective SRM.
- Monitor the market to ensure competitiveness and identify innovation opportunities.
- Ensure full compliance with internal policies and relevant regulations.
- Support the Head of Indirect Procurement in shaping and delivering the long‑term procurement agenda.
Profile
A successful Senior Category Manager - Professional Services should have:
- Strong procurement experience within a complex, global or multi‑site organisation.
- Proven expertise across indirect categories, ideally Corporate Services or Professional Services.
- Experience leading category strategies and delivering commercial results.
- Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders up to C‑suite level.
- Strong commercial and contractual understanding.
- Data‑driven mindset with the ability to analyse, challenge, and recommend.
- Confident negotiator with excellent communication skills.
- Proactive, curious, and comfortable driving change.
- Experience in greenfield or newly developing procurement environments.
- People management experience.
- Manufacturing or regulated industry background (e.g., pharma, corporate environment, consultancy etc ).
- CIPS or equivalent professional certification.
Job Offer
- Competitive salary ranging from £70,000 - £80,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus
- Permanent role based in Manchester
- Opportunity to shape and influence a newly built procurement function.
- Exposure to strategic global projects.
- A role with real ownership, autonomy, and progression potential.
- Inclusive culture and supportive leadership team.
If you're ready to advance your career as a Senior Category Manager - Professional Services in Cheshire, apply today
Senior Category Manager - Corporate & Professional Services (North West | Hybrid) - Manufacturing - Pharmaceutical- Competitive
I'm excited to be supporting a fantastic opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to step into a highly influential role within a growing global Indirect Procurement function.
If you're passionate about shaping category strategy, driving commercial value, and building strong stakeholder relationships across Corporate Services, Professional Services, Marketing, Travel, Fleet and wider indirect spend - this could be a brilliant next move.
In this role, you'll have the autonomy to lead strategy, deliver real impact, and help build a best‑in‑class procurement.