Category Manager

Elevation Recruitment Group are pleased to be working with a leading UK consumer-focused organisation to recruit an Indirect Category Manager. This is a high-impact role within a large, complex business, supporting procurement activity across a broad range of Goods and Services Not for Resale (GNFR) categories. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering value, driving cost efficiency, and ensuring robust procurement governance while supporting the wider business strategy.

The Indirect Category Manager will act as a trusted commercial partner to stakeholders across the organisation, leading sourcing and category activity across indirect spend areas and balancing value with service expectations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading end-to-end procurement activities including RFx processes, contract management, and supplier onboarding
• Developing strong internal relationships across all levels of the business and building effective supplier partnerships
• Ensuring appropriate governance is applied to procurement activities and maintaining compliance with procurement policies and procedures
• Acting as a subject matter expert for procurement systems, providing guidance and training to key stakeholders
• Leading complex negotiations across commercial, legal, and operational terms to maximise value and deliver cost savings
• Identifying, sourcing, and evaluating suppliers to ensure high-quality service delivery
• Supporting procurement leadership with reporting, analysis, and insight across procurement activity
• Analysing data to support category strategies and inform decision making
• Supporting larger, cross-functional projects as required

The role would suit candidates with:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience within Indirect Procurement, ideally across categories such as IT, Property/FM, or Logistics
• Proven experience negotiating complex service contracts and Master Service Agreements
• Strong transferable skills for managing intangible service categories
• A solid understanding of procurement governance and risk management
• The confidence to challenge and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with a data-driven mindset
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience using procurement systems and tools
• A proactive, self-starting approach with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment