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# Senior Category Manager - IT Services

- **Company:** Manpower
- **Location:** Farnborough, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £169,000.0 - £171,600.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Business Systems, Cyber Security, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Information Technology, SAP Ariba
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2914177548-2

## About the Role

* Degree or equivalent professional experience
 * MCIPS qualified or working towards completion
 * Minimum five years' strategic category management experience in similar categories of spend
 * Proven track record of building successful relationships with senior stakeholders
 * Demonstrable experience negotiating high-value contracts
 * Strong written and verbal communication skills
 * Practical experience with Source to Pay (S2P) technology

## Description

* Build and maintain strategic relationships with senior stakeholders, driving early engagement to influence business planning and ensure alignment with organisational priorities
 * Own, develop and execute category strategies for IT Services, using market insights and data to challenge existing approaches and maximize value
 * Lead complex sourcing activity, including the design of sourcing strategies, working with the business to support business case development, competitive tenders, and negotiation of high-complexity contracts
 * Identify and manage category-specific risks, including information security, IR35, supply resilience, geopolitical, financial and sustainability considerations
 * Support stakeholders to drive Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) across key contracts to ensure performance, innovation and value realisation from strategic partnerships
 * Support the Finance and Business Systems transformation, including transition from SAP Ariba to Oracle Fusion and establishment of a mature Source-to-Pay model


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