Group Category Manager - Marketing

Job description / Role

Our Client - a leading Middle Eastern Bank based in Abu Dhabi - is looking to recruit a Group Category Manager for their Marketing spend in the region. Reporting to the Group Head of Procurement, the responsibilities of this position include:

- Providing leadership and accountability, ensuring process compliance and delivering optimal sourcing benefits from category management.
- Ensuring best price is negotiated and obtained for major purchases. Specifically prepare requests for quotations, negotiate, select and identify most appropriate supplier (price, quality, conditions) in collaboration with requesting department. Also negotiate contracts with legal department.
- Defining the Category strategy, setting performance objectives and monitoring progress. Also actively engaging with and securing support from key local stakeholders (Finance, HRG,)
- Ensureing that Category Management is aligned with company corporate Strategies, in cooperation with business planning and strategy and delivers results to the bottom line.
- Ensuring that market intelligence is updated regularly and - ensures that any changes are updated in the category strategy and the appropriate steps are taken accordingly to mitigate any potential impact that this information may have to the organisation.
- Producing annual Sourcing Category Business Plans, ensuring full alignment between company requirements and Procurement and Commercial Managements targets.
- Providing expertise, leadership and support to the organization to drive overall productivity program, promoting best practice sharing, benchmarking, market intelligence, etc.
- Actively participating and contributing to the development of procurement as a value adding function within the organisation

Requirements

- Must be degree qualified, preferably in procurement & supply chain
- 5+ years category management experience for the indirect categories (specially Marketing) within any industry.
- Must preferably have Middle East experience.
- Strong leadership, team management, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong communication in English.

About the Company

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