FF&E Category Manager 12 month FTC

Portfolio Procurement has been engaged by our leading London based retail client to recruit for a FF&E Category Manager on an initial 12 month contract. The role: The Category Manager will be responsible for sourcing and cost reduction with a specific focus on Store Design and permanent fixtures. Duties: • Responsibility for development and delivery of the Store Design sourcing strategy, working with regional leads to deliver a category plan in agreement with the Global Procurement Director. • Spend Mapping of all associated spend data to support sourcing strategy, including 'deep dive' analysis of spend within the category across all geographic regions. • Taking a lead role in working with stakeholders to develop a local sourcing plan and project roadmap. • Project managing regular supplier cost initiative meetings with both internal and external stakeholders, as well as Supplier Relationship Management at a regional level. • New supplier sourcing and tendering programs with development and monitoring of full 12-month sourcing pipeline. Skills and Experience: • Previous experience and expertise supporting both SD Indirect category is absolute must. • Must have developed and implemented Indirect category strategy reviews. • Must be conversant with and developed strong tender briefs within large value complex projects. • Strong data analysis capability to support category strategy development. • Sound legal contract knowledge and experience 52015DH INDPRO The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.