Category Manager - Telco division

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Role:
Category Manager - Telco division

Located:
Northampton (Hybrid)
Package:  Competitive salary, plus bonus and company benefits

About Ricoh:

Ricoh is a global technology business. As a company born in print, we design and manufacture graphic solutions that transform communications. To keep up with the pace of change in the workplace, we have built an extensive portfolio of innovative, industry-leading digital services spanning everything from Cloud & IT infrastructure solutions to process automation tools.

Everything we do is designed to help individuals achieve fulfilment through work. Through technology, we make work smarter and more creative. Enabling people to lead purposeful working lives and organisations to become more productive, sustainable and profitable.

Find out more about Ricoh Today What you will be doing

To develop category strategies focused on spend analysis, market assessment, stakeholder engagement, commercial negotiation and risk and compliance management.

Provide support and insight on suppliers to enable Ricoh as a Procurement Partner providing Hardware, Software, and Professional services amongst many more categories to an customer in the Telecommunications industry.

Develop category management strategies to enable supplier selection, supplier reduction and spend reduction initiatives on a divisional basis to leverage best value to optimize margins and reduce operating costs

Develop divisional spend portfolio assessments to enable detailed understanding of spend trends and to determine future product and service requirements

Lead supplier contractual discussions including negotiations, escalations and dispute resolution

Implement effective end-to-end supplier management strategies inclusive of contract management, commercial negotiation, request for proposals and performance management to ensure best value and strategic partnerships aligned to Ricoh’s values

Support the development of a supplier engagement program focused on Ricoh’s core values

Adopt supplier management software to centralize supplier management records including contract management, commercial agreements, performance management and risk and compliance management to protect Ricoh’s brand

Maintain strong collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across the business to strategically develop and optimize procurement strategies

Deputize for Senior Category Manager during times of absence

You will ideally have Proven relevant experience in a procurement function and ideally hold CIPS Level 4 qualification

Proven experience of a strategic category management approach to procurement underpinned by best practice techniques

Proven experience of contract management, commercial negotiation, and supplier performance management

Proven experience of undertaking request for proposals, tendering exercises, cost comparisons and commercial cost-based negotiation at all levels

Understanding of risk and compliance within a third party supply chain with recognized processes utilized to enable effective management

Proven experience of complex contractual discussions including advanced negotiation skills and risk mitigation management

Strong relationship management and proven leadership skills underpinned by being professional and confident in manner

Ability to communicate effectively with internal/external stakeholders, suppliers, customers, peers, senior management, and the wider business at all levels of seniority.

Proven ability to adopt and embrace the management of change and culture

Confident and professional approach to chairing meetings, building presentations, and delivering to internal/external audiences

Good knowledge of the Microsoft suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
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