Category Manager – Procurement Transformation
Contract | 6 Months | £350-500/day | Hybrid – London one day a week
Our client, a well-known professional services organisation, is going through a procurement transformation and is looking for a Category Manager to join on an initial 6-month contract while they build out the permanent function.
You’ll join a small, established category management team (covering Tech and Professional Services categories) and take ownership of a broad stakeholder base – facing off across 6-7 categories including People & Culture and HR. This isn’t a high-value negotiation-heavy role; you’ll be running smaller RFPs and building relationships across the business rather than managing complex contract negotiations.
What you’ll be doing:
- Acting as category lead/stakeholder contact across a range of indirect categories including HR and People & Culture
- Running smaller-scale RFP processes
- Building relationships across a genuinely open organisation – you’ll be talking to everyone from junior stakeholders through to C-suite
What we’re looking for:
- Procurement experience from a services background (not goods/indirect commodity buying)
- Comfortable working in a small team – ideally from a similarly-sized function previously
- Confident engaging senior stakeholders, including C-suite
- Flexible, personable, low-ego – this is a relaxed, well-run business, not a high-pressure environment
Process: Two-stage interview process with a quick turnaround – genuine opportunity to fast-track for the right person.
