Global category Manager

Project overview

Job title: Global Category Manager - Consultancy & Finance Services

Project details

Hertfordshire (20-30% travel)

Contract: 6 months, to May 2027

c£600-750 per day (Inside IR35)

The role

A global organisation is hiring a Global Category Manager to lead its Consultancy & Finance Services category. The category has around $100M of annual spend across management consultancy, audit, financial services, insurance and selected outsourced services. It's an individual contributor role. You'll lead through expertise and influence, working closely with Finance, Legal and senior business leaders.

Key responsibilities

Essential experience

Desirable

• Build and deliver the global category strategy and a multi-year value pipeline: cost, demand, risk and supplier performance
• Use market intelligence, benchmarking and analytics to find opportunities and shape decisions
• Set category segmentation, preferred-supplier strategies and commercial models
• Act as commercial advisor to Finance, Legal and leadership, and get Procurement involved earlier in transformation work
• Improve visibility, planning and governance of consultancy spend, and help stakeholders define clear deliverables
• Lead strategic sourcing and complex negotiations with consultancy, advisory and financial services suppliers
• Manage key supplier relationships, contracts, risk and performance
• Share category knowledge and best practice across a global procurement team
• 10+ years managing consultancy, professional services, advisory or financial services categories in a complex global organisation
• Proven delivery of category strategies with measurable value
• Strong negotiation and supplier relationship management
• Skilled at influencing stakeholders across a global Matrix without line authority
• Comfortable challenging requirements and turning business priorities into commercial strategy
• Experience supporting transformation or change programmes
• Has partnered with Finance or senior programme sponsors on large transformation programmes
• Has built consultancy governance or demand-management frameworks
• Has managed global relationships with major consulting firms
• Background in a consulting or professional services firm
• Experience in a regulated environment
• MBA, CIPS, CPSM or equivalent; degree in Business, Finance, Law or Economics
• Start: ASAP
• Location: Hertfordshire, UK, GB
• Rate: 80-100 EUR/h
• Languages: English