Global Category Manager, Professional Services

Location: Greater London

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** Job Description
** Bring your procurement, relationship-building, and negotiation skills to help support our ambitious agenda!

Join our Professional Services team as a Global Category Manager, take the lead on subcategories including Talent Acquisition and Learning and Development, drive strategy across diverse indirect categories, and become the go-to expert for our most exciting ad-hoc projects.## Core Responsibilities This role entails aiding business objectives, crafting category strategies, optimizing vendor contracts, nurturing supplier and internal ties, and spearheading innovation discovery.

Main focus will be on Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development and External Workforce. More specifically you will:
* Partner with collaborators to develop and implement sourcing plans aligned with organizational goals, translating business objectives into actionable strategies
* Lead complex negotiations to secure optimal terms and pricing. Manage the entire contract lifecycle, ensuring compliance and performance
* Identify and capitalize on emerging trends, translating them into category strategies/plans and robust actions leading to efficiency improvements. Conduct continuous benchmarking through market insights to stay ahead of the competition and generate high-impact productivity
* Establish and nurture solid relationships with primary suppliers. Roll out supplier relationship management strategies to promote cooperation, ingenuity, and ongoing progress.
* Proactively coordinate and lead risk management across the PS category. You will coordinate global risk assessment and tracking, ensuring our supply chain is bulletproof against geopolitical, financial, and reputational shifts.
* Be a great teammate and contribute to a culture of collaboration to support collective success## Play your part in our team succeeding

Join the Professional Services team in London to support business solutions and drive value and innovation.

Our division, Indirect Materials and Services Sourcing, works globally to improve sourcing, partner effectively with internal teams, and manage supplier relationships. We oversee procurement for Facility, Travel, Professional Services, Distribution, and IT categories worldwide.## Do you have what it takes

We imagine that the ideal candidate has a good understanding of global procurement processes and the vendor landscape, with solid indirect procurement experience. You have excellent interpersonal skills and must be able to work effectively with global multicultural teams. Moreover, you have:
* Experience negotiating global enterprise agreements
* Proficient knowledge of the Professional Services industry and impact of digitalisation, primarily centered on Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, Temporary Staffing and Contingent Workforce.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to interact and influence with confidence at different levels inside and outside the organization
* Experience leading and delivering multiple projects successfully
* Capability and self-assurance to develop strong collaborator connections at all levels
* Strong analytical skills in interpreting data to recommend actions
* A self-starter with a positive can-do attitude to learning and a collaborative spirit
* Flexibility for global travels
* Proficiency in English, both verbally and written
* Kindly be advised that relocation assistance is not available for this position.
* Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Here is what you can expect:
** Family Care Leave** - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
** Insurances** – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
** Wellbeing** - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to…