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We are currently looking for an OEM Test and Analytics Category Leadthat we will be recruiting for one of our Government Organisations and Contracting Authorities in the coming weeks.

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 an OEM Test and Analytics Category Lead, you will: 

Play a critical role in supporting and evolving category strategies, and have the opportunity to work with markets and deliver benefit to the public sector and citizens by:

• Creating, maintaining and utilising strong personal working relationships with suppliers, internal customers and other category experts across the public and private sector
• Understanding public sector needs, and combining them with deep market insights, commercial acumen and creativity to shape thinking and deliver innovative category strategies and product propositions
• Communicate and influence to proactively build strong relationships of influence with customers and suppliers, and develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of categories and markets acting as a source of expert insight and advice for the public sector
• Use good awareness and understanding of commercial marketplaces and strategic category management to create best-in-class category strategies addressing the future trajectory of the categories
• Creating innovative product and sourcing strategies (including structure, specification/statement of requirements, key performance indicators and pricing models) that enable markets to deliver customer and supplier needs, outstanding customer service, savings, optimisations, and demand management opportunities
• Have the opportunity to forge new category areas
• Coach and develop colleagues, enhancing individuals hard and soft skills, team effectiveness, and organisational learning and commercial acumen
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of the Commercial Organisation

You’ll have:

• Excellent communication and consultative selling skills to building strong relationships with senior strategic relationships including stakeholders, customers and suppliers.
• Experience in leading, managing and coaching teams and individuals
• Managed categories independently - Developed innovative category, product and sourcing strategies, moved comfortably between big picture strategy and operational detail, innovating to create ways of overcoming problems and deliver positive outcomes and solutions exceeding customer expectations
• Practical project management experience, including creating and leading implementation plans and risk management.
• Delivered Strategic Supplier Management enhancing category and supplier performance
• Knowledge of categories
•  Public sector procurement experience
  
  

If this sounds like you and you would be interested in being considered for the role, 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."