Category Manager - Estates Facilities

Morgan Hunt is currently working with a university located in East London, in their search for a Category Manager specialising in Estates Facilities.

Your expertise in Estates Facilities procurement will be crucial as you lead procurement projects, provide support for business-led procurement activities, and take ownership of sub-categories to deliver savings targets.

This position will offer internal opportunity, progression, and a wide range of experience where you will have a strong impact on the development of the organisation's category strategies.

Job Title: Category Manager - Estates Facilities

Location: Hybrid (2 days in office, 3 remote working day)

Salary and Grade: Professional Grade 6, £52,000 - £58,000

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Start Date: ASAP

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide professional procurement advice and ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and statutory obligations.
- Attend and proactively participate in project boards as required, advising and assisting with making key decisions.
- Proactively identify, evaluate, and drive opportunities for procurement options to provide value for money.
- Working with construction contracts.
- Ensure compliance and best value for all tenders carried out, including coordinating the development of product/service specifications, preparing commercial and legal elements of the invitation to tender documentation, agreeing evaluation criteria, and participating in the evaluation of tender returns.
- Provide contractual advice and guidance to internal and external clients, promoting and developing procurement expertise.
- Quantify and deliver procurement savings in accordance with agreed objectives.
- Ensure adherence to financial regulations throughout all procurement exercises.
- Support a collaborative, supportive, and approachable ethos for work with colleagues across the University.
- Represent yourself at external meetings, including national/regional consortia, and contribute to the development of framework contracts.
- Contribute to the implementation of electronic commerce initiatives.
- Perform any other related job responsibilities as directed by the Head of Procurement or Director of Procurement.
- Manage, maintain, and develop supply agreements to achieve best value for money and good practice in non-pay expenditure. To co-ordinate and apply good procurement procedures and techniques to meet the business

Personal Specification:

- University degree or equivalent
- Must have estates facilities experience
- Significant experience in managing large and complex procurement
- Experience of contributing to strategic plans, both financial and non-financial
- Experience of managing high-value contracts with proven skills in successful risk management and project management
- Experience of using Information Technology to enhance service delivery
- Evidence of pursuing own continuing professional development and commitment to a culture of continuous improvement
- Knowledge of the use of e-Procurement and financial systems

If you are a procurement professional with a passion to be a Category Manager and are based in East London, we invite you to apply. Join us by uploading your CV and help contribute to the future of our category strategies.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.