Global Category Manager - Supply Chain & Logistics - 7485

Job Title:

Global Category Manager – Supply Chain & Logistics

Salary: £45,100 - £60,400

Location:

Cambridge, UK/Hybrid - minimum 2 days working from the office

Contract:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time – 35 hours per week

Lead a critical global category at the heart of our operations, influencing how goods, services, and information move efficiently across our organisation.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

As our Global Category Manager - Supply Chain & Logistics, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our global supply chain operates efficiently, sustainably, and resiliently. Leading category strategy across logistics and supply chain services, you'll help optimise how products, materials, and services move across our global operations while ensuring continuity, performance, and value at every stage.

Working closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, and Procurement teams, you'll identify opportunities to strengthen supplier performance, improve service levels, enhance fulfilment capabilities, and reduce operational risk. You'll provide expert guidance on market trends, logistics networks, transportation solutions, and supply chain innovations, helping the organisation navigate an increasingly complex global landscape.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Shaping and delivering the global Supply Chain & Logistics category strategy
• Understanding local constraints and requirements
• Driving improvements in logistics performance, service quality, and supply continuity
• Leading strategic sourcing initiatives across supply chain and logistics services
• Building high-performing partnerships with key logistics and supply chain providers
• Identifying opportunities to reduce cost, mitigate risk, and enhance operational resilience
• Leveraging market intelligence and emerging technologies to support transformation and continuous improvement

This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact on how our global supply chain operates, ensuring we remain agile, resilient, and well-positioned to support the organisation's long-term growth and strategic ambitions. You will provide insight to challenge and influence stakeholders to optimise our Supply Chain especially when local requirements might not fit a global goal.

This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should yourequireadjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.

You will be an experienced procurement professional with a strong background in Supply Chain and Logistics categories, including areas such as freight, warehousing, fulfilment, packaging logistics, and logistics service providers.

You'll understand the challenges of global supply chains and have experience developing strategies that improve performance, strengthen resilience, and deliver commercial value.

With strong commercial and negotiation skills, you'll be confident managing complex supplier relationships and contracts, balancing cost, risk, service quality, and business continuity.

You'll also be comfortable influencing stakeholders across Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, and Procurement, using market insight and data to support decision-making and drive continuous improvement.

If you meet theaboveminimumrequirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can alsodemonstratethefollowingdesirablecriteria:

• CIPS qualification (or working towards).
• Experience supporting supply chain transformation, automation, or digital logistics initiatives.
• Experience managing global supplier relationships and international supply chain networks.

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment…