Category Manager

Category Manager – 6 Month FTC

Location: Bristol / London – Hybrid Min 1 day per week (Wednesday) in Bristol

Salary: Competitive Day Rate | Inside IR35

Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Category Manager on behalf of one of our clients.
The main objective of this role is to build front-end Category Strategy, influence senior stakeholders and drive delivery.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement Category Strategies for assigned sub-group of categories, balancing short and long-term objectives to meet business strategy.
• Support and execute stakeholder management.
• This role is consultative in nature but you must be prepared to immerse yourself in the task should the need arise.
• Delivering benefits (full range of non-financial and financial benefits) through category management interventions within a complex project / programme delivery environment.
• Adopt a polite yet tenacious attitude to achieve goals and move projects towards completion.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Experienced Category Manager of 5+ years.
• Experience within one or more strategically important category areas: Lethality (Weapons), Marine e.g. shipbuilding and fleet support), direct and operational and general categories.
• Ability to apply category management principles within complex, high-value and mission-critical environments.
• Understands fundamentals of building Category Strategy.
• Experience running large programmes / projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and engagement skills.
• Politely persistent to move things along.
• High levels of influencing skills.
• Track record of delivering benefits (full range of non-financial and financial benefits) through category management interventions.
• MS Office / PowerPoint competent.

Desirable:

• CIPS is desirable but experience is more important.
• An understanding of the Defence Industry, supply chains and/or deep knowledge in related categories e.g. autonomous systems, weapons systems, sense decide & communicating systems, power propulsion & auxiliary systems, would be an advantage.