Category Manager (Property / Facilities Management / Construction)

To manage the delivery and implementation of GS&P category strategies across TJX Europe. Through collaboration with the business and vendors alike, the Category Manager will ensure that the needs of the business achieved through the implementation of optimal sourcing solutions., The role will require the use of a variety of tools and techniques including, but not limited to, cost based pricing, cost targeting, total cost of ownership, demand management, supplier relationship management, trend analysis, process improvement and consortia buying to create competitive cost advantage. The Category Manager will ensure that the needs of the business and variables such as future growth and expansion across Europe, legislation, currency and commodity fluctuations.,

• Executes global, international and national category plans via tools embedded in the strategic sourcing methodology and in collaboration with internal business partners.


• Embraces regional international and cross-functional multi-cultural teams in the execution of the strategic sourcing process and the implementation of the strategy.


• Develops and evolves product or service requirements across all TJX's brands and geographies.


• Maximises opportunities to batch multi-divisional requirements to create larger pools of sourcing to increase savings to TJX.


• Prepares a regional negotiation plan and executes accordingly involving TJX legal, as necessary.


• Pro-actively uses automated sourcing processes including auctions, RFX's, and relationship management systems.


Regional Vendor Management


• Manages the commercial element of supplier relationships.


• Understands tradeoffs of risk, quality, and cost, and be able to manage each area through supplier management, contracting, and negotiations.


• Maintains fair, courteous and productive relationships with all TJX international strategic vendors and reinforces TJXE's positive brand image within the vendor community.


• Looks to identify or develop and incorporate innovative products, services, approaches such as off-shoring, out-sourcing, consortia development, best country sourcing to support TJXE low-cost producer strategy.


Contract compliance.


• Ensure that appropriate contractual terms are in place.


• Prepares category reports for the Manager of Category and the GSPLT


Innovation


• Raises market innovation for covered categories and brings applicable ideas to the business for testing, cost modelling and performance measurement.


People Management and Leadership


• Supports the optimization of TJXE £500 million indirect spend globally (6+ countries)


• On a category basis, undertakes annual sourcing initiatives delivering between £1 and £2 million in yearly savings.


• Responsible and impacts up to £75 million in indirect spend on an international basis.


• Manages key strategic and day to day operational regional supplier relationships by actively planning and delivering on action items through the management of regional and national account executives.


• Actively represents TJX within the global supplier community and the business world at large.


• Vendor management and the harvesting of innovation from our vendor community is an integral part of the job description.


• Recommends category initiative within portfolio of spend (10 to 20 initiatives per year)


• Decides on negotiation plan and executes accordingly.


• Recommendation for final vendor selection
  
  Bachelor's degree


• Experience in off shoring and outsourcing.


• Expertise in global strategic category sourcing


• Experience in global sourcing and Low-Cost Country Sourcing preferred.


• Multi-country negotiations and contracts


• Experience in managing multiple stakeholders.


• Property, Construction, FM related category experience and knowledge (plus others)


• Oracle/SAP/Ariba or similar e-sourcing/P2P experience/knowledge


• Strong business and people management skills


• Excellent interpersonal relationship development skills


• Training & development skills


• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint.


• CIPS qualified


• English with an additional European language desired.
  
  TJX is an exciting place to work and we count on our Associates to bring our business to life. Staying true to our open, collaborative culture and values of honesty, integrity, and treating each other with dignity and respect is a top priority for us., Come and Discover Different at TJX. From opportunity and teamwork to growth, we think you'll find that it's so much more than a job. When you're a part of our global TJX family, you have the full support of a diverse, close-knit group of people dedicated to finding the greatest deals and fantastic style. Best of all? They have a lot of fun doing it.


We care about our culture, but we also prioritise the important things like competitive salaries, solid benefits and plenty of room to grow in your role. It's our way of empowering you to make your career here.

We consider all applicants for employment without regard to age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and/or sexual orientation.