Senior Category Manager

Senior Category Manager or Group Category Manager
Bristol / Bolton / Stevenage
Competitive Salary & Benefits
You will need SC Level Clearance or be Clearable.
About the Company
My Client has an exciting opportunity for a Group Category Manager to join their growing Digital Procurement team. This senior, Group-level role offers the chance to play a strategic part in shaping the company's digital and technology procurement landscape while working in a truly international environment.
About the Role
The Category Manager role in Digital Procurement is central to the company's mission and future success. As they continue to accelerate our digital transformation, you will act as a strategic procurement partner to the Information Management function and wider business.
You will develop and deliver category strategies that support long-term capability, innovation, and value across complex technology markets.
This role is ideal for an experienced technology procurement professional, or a senior procurement practitioner or Category Manager ready to deepen their expertise in digital categories within a global organisation.
Responsibilities
 
* Develop and lead end-to-end category strategies across digital and information management technologies.
 
* Build strong market insight, identifying risks, opportunities, and innovation within supply markets.
 
* Create and deliver short-, medium-, and long-term procurement plans aligned to business strategy.
 
* Act as a trusted business partner to senior stakeholders across the Group functions.
 
* Mentor and support buyers, enabling delivery of complex and high-value procurement activities.
 
* Operate confidently in an international, multicultural environment.
Qualifications
You will bring strong strategic procurement capability, with experience at Category Management or Group level, ideally within one or more technology categories.
Alternatively, you may be a senior procurement professional with international experience who is keen to transition into a digital procurement specialism.
Required Skills
 
* Proven ability to operate strategically and influence at senior levels.
 
* Comfortable managing complexity and ambiguity.
 
* Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
 
* MCIPS qualified or working towards MCIPS (support provided.)
Equal Opportunity Statement
They are proud of their inclusive and people-focused culture. They actively support employee-led networks and are committed to developing talent, fostering diversity, and enabling individuals to reach their full potential