[Hiring] Category Manager @Biffa Waste Services
Mar 19, 2025 - Biffa Waste Services is hiring a remote Category Manager. đź’¸ Salary: unspecified. đź“ŤLocation: UK.
Role Description
The Category Manager is responsible for delivering annual savings targets and supplier quality and delivery expectations. We currently have two vacancies, one with responsibility for IT and one for Logistics.
- Develop a detailed understanding of specific key spend areas and subsequently tender, negotiate and award contracts
- Deliver annual savings targets and supplier quality and delivery expectations
- Develop and maintain an overall set of category strategies to continue to drive cost out, mitigate risk and encourage innovation on a multi-year basis
- Manage sustainability requirements and ensure compliance with SBTi targets
- Ensure accurate reporting of savings delivery and maintain excellent stakeholder relationships
- Ensure compliance with processes, standards and systems as determined by the Procurement Excellence team
Qualifications
- 5 years experience of strategic Procurement in a category-management based model
- Degree educated and CIPS Qualified
- Experience in waste management, manufacturing or logistics organisations preferable
- Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders within matrix organisations
- Experience of major supplier relationships and ability to interact at account manager level with large supplier partners
Company Description
Biffa have been servicing the waste management needs of the UK since 1912 and we’re now a UK leading integrated waste management company.
- We service over 2.3 million households and collect 4.3 million bins per week just within our municipal division
- Our business has developed far beyond waste collection and into recycling, treatment and energy generation services
Our Vision
To be the leader in UK sustainable waste management.
Our Purpose
We're here to change the way people think about waste.
Our Values
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We act as a team
- We are working towards a common goal
- We look out for each other
- We all have an equal voice and respect each other
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We make things happen
- We are hands on and get stuck in
- We find a way
- We go the extra mile and always deliver
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We do the right thing
- We are honest, transparent and responsible for our actions
- We keep our promises
- We build trust by being consistent and fair
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We take pride in what we do
- We continually develop our knowledge and expertise
- We know our work matters
- We take pride in a job well done
We are a progressive business and innovation is core to our strategy. This means continually developing and improving our extensive UK-wide infrastructure to provide greater flexibility, an innovative and broad range of services and the utilisation of technology to ensure we are easy to do business with.
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Salary
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unspecified
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Remote
Location
UK
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 19, 2025
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| đź“Ť | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: UK |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
