Senior Category Manager

Join to apply for the Senior Category Manager role at Leeds Building Society
.

This range is provided by Leeds Building Society. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

How You'll Help Us Live Our Purpose

We've been helping our members save for their future and buy their own home since 1875. Join us and you'll play a big role in helping us to put home ownership within reach of more people, generation after generation. It’s a purpose that drives everything we do. And you can play your part too – join our Cost & Supplier Management team as a Senior Category Manager.

• Assure end‑to‑end commercial value from third‑party supplier relationships across the designated portfolio and its direct reports, including sourcing and supplier relationship management.
• Ensure the delivery of optimal benefit from the supply chain and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at all senior levels to agree on category strategies.
• Lead sourcing exercises and drive the commercial optimisation of supplier relationships and contract agreements to ensure sustainable value for money.

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to role‑model, care, connect and coach to drive performance, change, positive engagement and deliver against challenging objectives.
• Strong experience and knowledge of Senior Category Management in a medium/large organisation (ideally Financial Services).
• Strength in relationship building with business stakeholders, supplier contacts and colleagues.
• Strong communication skills, including the confidence to challenge and clearly present commercial advice and opinion, establishing trust in personal and team professional credibility.
• Commercial mindset – experience of commercial contracts, negotiation and drafting/execution; ability to take a robust stance with external parties to promote and defend our commercial position and to explain complex terms and conditions in simple terms.

This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. Therefore, we are only able to consider applications from individuals who already have the right to work in the UK without employer sponsorship.

• Hybrid working – 2 days per week in the office.
• Annual bonus of up to 12%.
• Matched pension contributions up to 10%.
• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme.
• Colleague Mortgage and Saver products.
• 2 days' volunteering per year.

Our business is centred around our people. Our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do, as shown by our Inclusive Employers Gold accreditation in 2023 and 2025. We're committed to equal opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

We'd love to hear from you. But don't wait around – we may close the advert early and we'd hate for you to miss out. We're devoted to creating a culture and workplace that is representative of the communities we serve. If you'd like to work with us but are unsure if you meet the full criteria for a role, please contact the recruiter so we can find out more about your skills and experience.

We're committed to supporting you to be at your best – to discuss any reasonable adjustments we could make, please contact us on car