Category Manager Operations and Delivery Procurement

A broad high-impact role combining strategic category management with hands-on commercial delivery. Acting as Procurements front door this person will triage spend requests run sourcing events negotiate and manage contracts own a savings target and help embed Shawbrooks new procurement end to end orchestration and CLM systems all within an FCA-regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

Category Management & Sourcing

• Generalist coverage across indirect/corporate spend categories (no single vertical)
• Develop category strategies using spend analysis and market intelligence
• Run end-to-end sourcing events (RFx evaluation negotiation award)
• Own renewals pipeline and drive supplier rationalisation across 1200 suppliers
• Contribute to company savings target and stretched target tracked monthly
• Work with Relationship Owners and business to build and manage a savings/sourcing pipeline (price volume consolidation efficiency)

Contract Management & Commercial Control

• Own the contract register; negotiate lower-level commercial agreements (SLAs liability IP exit rights payment terms)
• Identify risk deviations and escalate to Legal where needed
• Treat renewals as sourcing opportunities not admin tasks

Operational Delivery (P2P & Systems)

• Assist in supporting the implementation of the new procurement end to end orchestration/CLM tool (key Year 1 priority) workflow design training change management
• Operate procurement front door with policy-based triage and manage new procurement end to end orchestration tool going forward
• Lead interface into Finance-owned P2P system: adoption data quality query resolution

Governance & Compliance

• Maintain FCA-compliant audit trails manage waivers/exceptions
• Coordinate and work with Third Party Risk Management for all sourcing activities and supplier due diligence.

Qualifications :

Qualifications

Essential

• Generalist category management across multiple indirect spend areas
• Confident running sourcing events independently; able to support on complex deals
• Commercially literate in contracts: able to review and redline low-level agreements
• Procurement operations: P2P PO management contract registers supplier onboarding
• Track record of driving system adoption and embedding process change
• Strong MI and reporting: spend dashboards savings trackers pipeline reports
• Confident stakeholder management including Finance and senior business sponsors
• High attention to detail; comfortable in audit-ready regulated environments
• Strong written communication: business cases briefings MI packs

Desirable

• CIPS qualified (Level 46) or actively working towards
• Hands-on experience with CLM or procurement orchestration tools (e.g. Coupa Ivalua Jaggaer Zip Omnea Ariba Proactis Atamis Gatekeeper)
• Understanding of FCA Material Outsourcing and TPRM frameworks
• Experience leading or supporting P2P system implementation or redesign
• Supplier consolidation or tail spend rationalisation experience
• Familiarity with AI-assisted procurement tools
• Experience on digital transformation or technology programmes

Additional Information :

Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:

• Market leading family friendly policies such as access to our Maternity Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment
• Free access to Headspace a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
• Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) - Offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns mental wellbeing and more general queries around family work housing and health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym membership
• Contributory pension scheme & death in service

Your Lifestyle - Its important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when youre enjoying your leisure time.

• Minimum of 27 days holiday per year
• Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
• Discounts on gym membership nationwide
• Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
• Community support and charitable giving

Your Contribution - Were focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.

• Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success
• Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1