Senior Procurement Category Manager

Senior Procurement category Manager

Newcastle upon Tyne, Hybrid working

Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw),

Salary circa £60,000 negotiable based on skills and experience, and great benefits including Health Cash Plan too! 

Home, a place where you belong

Want to leave your mark on something truly meaningful? In this role, you’ll shape how we source and manage Building Safety, Health and Safety, Facilities as well as Utilities, helping to create safer homes for our customers.

Working in our Procurement Team, you’ll collaborate with senior stakeholders to develop a strategic approach to these essential services.

If you’ve led procurement in health and safety, building safety in a social housing setting, this is your chance to take on a fresh challenge and influence a critical area of work.

We’ll support you every step of the way, funding your CIPS qualification if you don’t have it yet and covering professional subscriptions.

Plus, with our hybrid working approach, you’ll have the flexibility to balance office collaboration with home working.

Typical day as a Senior Procurement Category Manager


* Develop and implement procurement strategies for building safety, health and safety, and utilities, ensuring compliance and long-term value.


* Lead high-value tender processes, bringing fresh thinking to these evolving categories.


* Work closely with stakeholders to shape sustainable approaches to procurement.


* Manage relationships with key suppliers to drive performance improvements and cost efficiencies.


* Support and mentor a small team, sharing knowledge and leading improvement initiatives.


* Keep us ahead of procurement regulations, ensuring our contracts are robust, ethical, and effective.

Why Choose Us

Imagine finishing each day knowing you’ve made a real difference in our customers’ lives.

That’s exactly what you’ll do here, working for a top 10 Great Place to Work in the UK! We’ll support your professional growth, covering CIPS and subscriptions, while offering a flexible, hybrid work environment where your ideas and expertise will help shape the future of procurement in these critical areas.

You’ll report to Monica, who joined Home Group a year ago and knows exactly what it’s like to be new here.

Our Procurement Team of around 20 people is a great mix of experienced professionals and fresh talent.

We’re a friendly, supportive bunch who love getting out and about to meet our stakeholders and we make time for the occasional night out too!

Apply now and be part of something that truly matters.

You bring


* Experience leading sourcing and tendering processes for complex health and safety or building safety categories, with a solid understanding of contract law.


* A strong commercial mindset, with the ability to negotiate and influence suppliers to achieve the best outcomes.


* Strategic sourcing skills, ensuring procurement strategies align with wider business goals...