Category Owner - Corporate & Professional Services
Home-based with global travel expected. Attached to Solihull, Hook or London office
Full Time, Permanent
£80,000 - £100,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Serco spends approximately £1.5bn globally with third party suppliers every year. Procurement supports the business by understanding business requirements and providing innovative solutions from the supply market throughout the business lifecycle that reduce cost, improve service and quality, deliver on sustainability and protect the business from risk.
As a result of this scale, we are seeking an experienced Category Owner to provide specialist Corporate & Professional Services category and market expertise to effectively manage Serco's spend and supply base globally. (Annual spend across all sub-categories of c£400m).
You will be responsible for procurement activity across the Corporate & Professional Services category including travel, resourcing, insurance, legal, audit and consultancy professional services, learning and development and other HR related services.
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About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks - SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
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At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Silver Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
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