Procurement Category Manager
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Job Description: The Procurement Category Manager - CAPEX role at a leading global food manufacturing organization based in Leeds involves leading the strategy for global CAPEX procurement. The position requires managing end-to-end sourcing, contracts, and supplier negotiations while collaborating with cross-regional teams to enhance cost efficiency and process improvements. The role also necessitates travel across the UK and internationally to work closely with various production sites and procurement colleagues. Candidates should have significant strategic procurement experience, particularly in CAPEX and related categories.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead strategy for global CAPEX procurement category.
- Manage end-to-end sourcing, contracts, and supplier negotiations.
- Collaborate with cross-regional teams to ensure cost efficiency and process improvements.
- Support global alignment and knowledge sharing.
- Travel across the UK and internationally to work with production sites and suppliers.
Skills Required:
- Minimum of 5 years' strategic procurement experience, ideally in CAPEX, Dairy, construction, or engineering-related categories.
- Experience in dairy technology and civil procurement is a plus.
- A relevant degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a technical discipline.
- Strong commercial negotiation, contracting, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience working with cross-functional and international teams.
- Willingness to travel across Europe and beyond.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Procurement Category Manager - CAPEX
Location: Leeds, UK (Hybrid Working)
Travel: Required across UK and international sites
iO Associates has partnered with a leading global Food manufacturing organisation to recruit a Procurement Category Manager - CAPEX based out of their Leeds office. This organisation operates across over 60 production sites worldwide and is known for its innovation, sustainability focus, and investment in cutting-edge technologies.
As a Procurement Category Manager, your primary responsibility will be to lead strategy for a global CAPEX procurement category, managing end-to-end sourcing, contracts, and supplier negotiations. You'll work closely with cross-regional teams to ensure cost efficiency, drive process improvements, and support global alignment and knowledge sharing.
Must Have:
- Minimum of 5 year's strategic procurement experience, ideally in CAPEX, Dairy, construction or engineering-related categories.
- Experience in dairy technology and civil procurement is a plus.
- A relevant degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a technical discipline.
- Strong commercial negotiation, contracting, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience working with cross-functional and international teams.
- Willingness to travel across Europe and beyond as this role involves close collaboration with various production sites, procurement colleagues and suppliers, frequent travel is to be expected.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a global company that is not only investing in advanced technology and sustainable production but also in the people who drive these initiatives. If you have managed end-to-end procurement for capital projects and want to be part of a high-performing global procurement function, this is the role for you.
Please share your updated CV and interest in the job at
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Job Description: The Procurement Category Manager - CAPEX role at a leading global food manufacturing organization based in Leeds involves leading the strategy for global CAPEX procurement. The position requires managing end-to-end sourcing, contracts, and supplier negotiations while collaborating with cross-regional teams to enhance cost efficiency and process improvements. The role also necessitates travel across the UK and internationally to work closely with various production sites and procurement colleagues. Candidates should have significant strategic procurement experience, particularly in CAPEX and related categories.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead strategy for global CAPEX procurement category.
- Manage end-to-end sourcing, contracts, and supplier negotiations.
- Collaborate with cross-regional teams to ensure cost efficiency and process improvements.
- Support global alignment and knowledge sharing.
- Travel across the UK and internationally to work with production sites and suppliers.
Skills Required:
- Minimum of 5 years' strategic procurement experience, ideally in CAPEX, Dairy, construction, or engineering-related categories.
- Experience in dairy technology and civil procurement is a plus.
- A relevant degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a technical discipline.
- Strong commercial negotiation, contracting, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience working with cross-functional and international teams.
- Willingness to travel across Europe and beyond.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Procurement Category Manager - CAPEX
Location: Leeds, UK (Hybrid Working)
Travel: Required across UK and international sites
iO Associates has partnered with a leading global Food manufacturing organisation to recruit a Procurement Category Manager - CAPEX based out of their Leeds office. This organisation operates across over 60 production sites worldwide and is known for its innovation, sustainability focus, and investment in cutting-edge technologies.
As a Procurement Category Manager, your primary responsibility will be to lead strategy for a global CAPEX procurement category, managing end-to-end sourcing, contracts, and supplier negotiations. You'll work closely with cross-regional teams to ensure cost efficiency, drive process improvements, and support global alignment and knowledge sharing.
Must Have:
- Minimum of 5 year's strategic procurement experience, ideally in CAPEX, Dairy, construction or engineering-related categories.
- Experience in dairy technology and civil procurement is a plus.
- A relevant degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a technical discipline.
- Strong commercial negotiation, contracting, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience working with cross-functional and international teams.
- Willingness to travel across Europe and beyond as this role involves close collaboration with various production sites, procurement colleagues and suppliers, frequent travel is to be expected.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a global company that is not only investing in advanced technology and sustainable production but also in the people who drive these initiatives. If you have managed end-to-end procurement for capital projects and want to be part of a high-performing global procurement function, this is the role for you.
Please share your updated CV and interest in the job at
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