Procurement and Contracts Category Manager (Full Time)

Procurement and Contracts Category Manager

Location: North East Lincolnshire
Salary: NJC31 - £41,771
Expiry: 04/05/2026
Job Type: Full Time

What will your day look like?

• Lead and deliver procurement activity across your category portfolio, including planning, leading, and managing procurement projects to ensure compliance throughout the commercial lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain the appropriate suite of tender documentation, oversee effective evaluation processes, and set clear criteria and scoring.
• Support and implement category plans, providing procurement and contract management advice, guidance, and support to service areas.
• Use analysis and insight to shape sourcing approaches and support continuous improvement in policies, systems, and procedures.
• Ensure transparency requirements are met, maintaining key registers and pipelines such as contracts registers and procurement pipelines in line with Council requirements.
• Build strong, collaborative working relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing constructively to support effective procurement and contract management practices and improved outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Procurement or Contracts Category Manager.
• Strong knowledge of the procurement commercial lifecycle and contract management.
• Experience in developing tender documentation and leading compliant procurement exercises.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse service areas and senior stakeholders.

Benefits

• Professional development with clear career pathways and support for CIPS progression.
• Collaborative, supportive, solutions focused professional community that values openness, integrity, and expertise.
• A central role in shaping how procurement and contract management is delivered across North East Lincolnshire.