Category Manager

Liverpool City Council ,
Liverpool, Merseyside
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £37,849 per annum

Overview

Are you a procurement professional with ambitions to grow and develop your career with a likeminded organisation? We are looking for both Senior Category Managers & Category Managers to work within our Social Care (Adults & Children’s), Regeneration & Community Services and Corporate Category teams within Liverpool City Council. Liverpool City Council aim to make Liverpool one of the best cities in the world by improving the lives of its citizens and bringing new investment into the city. To support this The City Council are looking for dynamic professionals to join its procurement team responsible for supporting the delivery of contracts across the city. Successful candidates can expect to be involved in exciting projects such as the new Paddington Village and Festival Gardens developments together with unique events such as the Liverpool International Music Festival, Special Olympics GB 2021 and the World Gymnastic Championships 2022. There’s also Air Quality initiatives, including new sustainable fuel and vehicles for the city, ICT infrastructure projects as well as developing new ways of supporting our Social Care professionals to ensure they have the tools to help the most vulnerable adults and children within our city. Not only would you be joining a team intent on delivering exciting new projects, you will also be joining an award winning service with awards from the Government Procurement awards in 2018 & 2019 and Public Finance awards in 2019 for delivering cutting edge procurement innovations and excellence within the field. We believe we win these awards through the investment with offer our people via new training, support with further CIPS qualifications and continuing to deliver on a track record of promoting our own people through their desired career pathway in the council. So long as you are a member or working towards being a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply OR similar management qualification in commercial procurement AND a management qualification, we would love for you to apply. Liverpool City Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums and services to support staff from different backgrounds.