Senior Procurement Category Manager

Job Title: Senior Procurement Category Manager (25273)

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Hybrid working

Type: Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw)

Salary: Circa £60,000 negotiable based on skills and experience, and great benefits including Health Cash Plan too!

Home, a place where you belong

Want to leave your mark on something truly meaningful? In this role, you'll shape how we source and manage Building Safety, Health and Safety, Facilities as well as Utilities, helping to create safer homes for our customers. You'll collaborate with senior stakeholders to develop a strategic approach to these essential services.

If you've led procurement in health and safety or building safety in a social housing setting, this is your chance to take on a fresh challenge and influence a critical area of work. We'll support you every step of the way, funding your CIPS qualification if you don't have it yet and covering professional subscriptions. Plus, with our hybrid working approach, you'll have the flexibility to balance office collaboration with home working.

Typical day as a Senior Procurement Category Manager:

• Develop and implement procurement strategies for building safety, health and safety, and utilities, ensuring compliance and long-term value.
• Lead high-value tender processes, bringing fresh thinking to these evolving categories.
• Work closely with stakeholders to shape sustainable approaches to procurement.
• Manage relationships with key suppliers to drive performance improvements and cost efficiencies.
• Support and mentor a small team, sharing knowledge and leading improvement initiatives.
• Keep us ahead of procurement regulations, ensuring our contracts are robust, ethical, and effective.

Why Choose Us:

Imagine finishing each day knowing you've made a real difference in our customers' lives. That's exactly what you'll do here, working for a top 10 Great Place to Work in the UK! We'll support your professional growth, covering CIPS and subscriptions, while offering a flexible, hybrid work environment where your ideas and expertise will help shape the future of procurement in these critical areas.

You'll report to Monica, who joined Home Group a year ago and knows exactly what it's like to be new here. Our Procurement Team of around 20 people is a great mix of experienced professionals and fresh talent. We're a friendly, supportive bunch who love getting out and about to meet our stakeholders.

Apply now and be part of something that truly matters.

You bring:

• Experience leading sourcing and tendering processes for complex health and safety or building safety categories, with a solid understanding of contract law.
• A strong commercial mindset, with the ability to negotiate and influence suppliers to achieve the best outcomes.
• Strategic sourcing skills, ensuring procurement strategies align with wider business goals.
• Excellent people skills, building positive relationships quickly and working collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven leadership experience, including managing teams, setting strategic direction, and developing others.
• Proficiency in e-procurement and Purchase to Pay tools, with knowledge of Public Contracts Regulations, including the upcoming procurement act.

Job details:

• We work a hybrid working pattern with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week.
• We anticipate this is a full time role but may be open to agreeing a work pattern with you that is close to full time. Do let us know at interview what you are looking for.
• You'll manage your own diary, so if you need to take a longer lunch for personal matters, you can use your flexi time to manage that!

A place where you belong:

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

What's in it for you?

• Enjoy 2 days volunteering, 34 days leave (this includes bank holidays and a "me day"!), increasing to 39, and the option to buy five days more.
• Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies.
• 800+ discounts or cashback on shopping, holidays, and more.
• We're a top 10 UK Wellbeing employer, our tools and support are here when you need them!
• Grow your career with us, we'll help you take the next step.
• Generous pension and 3x salary life insurance. Check more benefits online!