OverviewGlobal Category Manager - IT & Professional ServicesLocation: UK or Mainland EuropeMorgan Advanced MaterialsMorgan Advanced Materials has been solving complex engineering and manufacturing challenges since 1856. Today, we're a global business with around 8,000 employees across more than 70 sites, using advanced ceramic and carbon technologies to help customers improve performance, efficiency, and sustainability.We're strengthening our global indirect procurement capability and are looking for an experienced Global Category Manager to take ownership of our IT and Professional Services categories. This is a high-profile role with significant visibility across the organisation, partnering closely with business leaders and helping shape procurement strategy at a global level.You'll also act as Procurement Business Partner for our corporate functions, making this as much about stakeholder influence as it is about sourcing expertise.The RoleYou'll lead the development and delivery of global category strategies across IT and Professional Services, managing significant spend, strategic suppliers, and complex stakeholder groups across multiple regions.Most of your internal customers and suppliers will be based in Europe, although the scope and impact of the role are genuinely global. ResponsibilitiesWhat You'll DoLead global category strategies across IT, digital, software, telecoms, infrastructure, consulting, and professional servicesPartner with senior business leaders to align procurement activity with organisational prioritiesAct as Procurement Business Partner to corporate and head office functionsLead strategic sourcing and contract negotiations across global and multi-regional supplier agreementsDevelop supplier relationship management (SRM) strategies for key technology and services partnersIdentify opportunities to improve cost, service, innovation, and risk managementBuild and lead cross-functional sourcing teams across multiple regionsSupport wider procurement initiatives including transformation, capability development, and business integration activitiesDrive compliance and adoption of procurement strategies and agreementsQualificationsAbout YouSeveral years' experience managing global IT categories within large, complex organisationsStrong background covering areas such as software, infrastructure, cloud, telecoms, managed services, and professional servicesExperience managing significant spend across multiple geographies and stakeholder groupsProven success delivering strategic sourcing initiatives and commercial valueComfortable influencing senior stakeholders and operating within matrix organisationsStrong negotiation, supplier management, and contract management skillsAnalytical, commercially minded, and able to balance strategic thinking with deliveryExperience using procurement technologies, spend analytics, eSourcing, and contract management toolsWhat You'll GetOpportunity to help shape a growing global procurement functionExposure to complex international sourcing programmesHigh visibility across senior leadership teamsSignificant scope to influence procurement strategy and business outcomesCompetitive salary and benefits packageInterested?If you're an experienced IT procurement leader looking for a genuinely global role with strategic influence, we'd love to hear from you.
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