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Imperial Brands: Category Buyer – Marketing Consumer in Bristol, UK

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Category Buyer – Marketing Consumer

Working with the Category Manager this role will support the delivery of the procurement strategy and support the deployment of category and strategic supplier relationship management. The Category Buyer will conduct strategic and tactical sourcing activities with the stakeholders as needed, in order to establish contracts and manage supplier relations including issue resolution when needed and support the Category Manager with development of category strategies. The role will cover high profile and strategic / globally focused engagements with suppliers and will require close working with central function business stakeholders and Business Partners within the Procurement function, particularly for global requirements and Tier 1 (top 5) markets.

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Key Responsibilities

Sub-category strategy development and delivering strategic commercial agreements which maximise value and minimise risk for Imperial Brands
Support the Category Manager with the deployment of the procurement strategy and supplier risk / ESG and supplier relationship management strategy
Conducting strategic and tactical sourcing activities within the category (including preparation, execution, and evaluation of RFx activity – RFIs, RFPs, RFQs and e-auctions as required)
Ensure that all procurement activity and tender requirements are in accordance with the company’s financial regulations and comply with directives
Conduct commercial contract negotiation, contract management (including implementation), renewal of contracts and archiving old contracts and make them available for each relevant region
Follow-up and act on supplier performance data received from Procurement Centre of Capability team
Work closely with Procurement Business Partners within the agreed service archetype to achieve the procurement targets
Work with GBS (Global Business Services) in relation to operational process, compliance, deployment, and issue resolution / management as needed – to utilise technology and standard ways of working

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