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We are currently creating a pipeline for Category Manager roles that we will be recruiting for across several Government Organisations and Contracting Authorities in the coming weeks/months.

Imagine having a talent that could benefit someone you’ve never met and solve problems you didn’t even know existed. Well, you do, and you can. And we’re here to help you do just that. At PSR we are the go-to place for talented contractors and temps for a rich variety of civil service roles.

As Category Manager, you will: 

• Be responsible for all aspects of the commercial lifecycle, including the procurement process, agreeing extensions to some agreements, contract/grant award, preparing internal stakeholders and suppliers for the launch of the new agreements and contract/grant management
• Proactively lead, support and challenge customers throughout the commercial lifecycle of allocated commercial requirements to ensure best commercial outcomes are achieved
• Support the Commercial Lead to develop and maintain the category plan and pipeline
• Deliver category savings and efficiencies, ensuring they are appropriately recorded and tracked
• Use the Jaggaer e-procurement system to effectively manage and track end to end category management, procurement project and contract management activity
• Comply fully with procurement law, DFE commercial procedure, policy, and assurance processes

You’ll have:

• Experience of running public sector procurement processes that comply with European Union procurement regulations, with particular experience of re-negotiating contracts and grants and agreeing extensions
• Evidence of taking the lead on securing value for money in a complex commercial environment
• Experience of drafting the commercial section of public sector style business cases and securing the appropriate approvals if not already in place
• Evidence of influencing key stakeholders towards commercial solutions which balance optimal commercial performance with delivering business strategy
• Evidence of successfully managing risks, mitigations and trade-offs
• Experience of successfully awarding, extending and managing public sector grant agreements

It would be great to also have:

• MCIPS qualified
• Commercial experience within the Civil Service

If this sounds like you and you would be interested in being added to our pipeline, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our PSR team now.

"In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following; this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different."