Description
Category Manager Research and Academia
Key Accountabilities
- The role will form part of the Direct Goods and Services team and will primarily focus on delivering the University and academia strategy.
- Specifically this will involve agreeing corporate wide framework agreements with key Universities in line with business priorities and spend patterns
- Proactively liaising with various business units in order to ascertain future procurement needs and create commercial frameworks that will create benefits and savings.
Key Behaviours
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills comfortably relates to many different types of people
- Track record of delivery in a demanding environment
- Flexibility with the teams changing priorities
Key Experience, Knowledge & Skills
- Proven contract negotiation skills
- Category Management Experience
- Academic purchasing an advantage
- Knowledge of MoD contracting