Senior Category Officer

Defra group Commercial is looking to appoint a Category Officer across a variety of customer groups to:

• Support and lead the delivery of projects, procurements and contract / supplier management roles across an allocated customer category.
• Support the management and development of key supplier relationships to deliver exceptional performance in cost, service and quality.
• Build and sustain effective relationships with category customers.
• Provide day to day advice on commercial issues and governance across the relevant category, taking full account of risk, exploiting commercial opportunities and maximising value of money and savings.

The Senior Category Officer will report to a Category Manager (G7). This job description is generic and may apply to all Category Officer posts. The post-holder may be asked to work (at an agreed level) across several different commercial areas within DGC.

You will

• Lead or participate in delivery of projects, procurements and contract management roles across the full commercial life cycle, at the appropriate level providing functional / specialist input to improve ways of working and business change & efficiency.
• Be responsible for explaining specialist commercial guidance to operational teams to influence compliance with Defra policy / legislation / best practice ways of working and contribute to the delivery of business plans.
• Keep up to date on changing legislation / best practice externally, to inform internal priorities and appropriate alignment.
• Keep up to date on changing legislation / best practice externally, to inform internal priorities and appropriate alignment.
• Build and sustain effective relationships with operational customers to understand issues and provide effective response / steer for operational needs.
• Be responsible for the delivery of contracts such that sustainable impacts and opportunities are identified and managed throughout the commercial lifecycle.
• Mentor and coach others on commercial procedures, practices and techniques equipping them with the knowledge and skills to deliver their work in an effective and efficient manner
• Manage team members to deliver results on time, to required quality standards and cost to fulfil the business plan and achieve / support environmental goals.
• Maximise the efficient and effective use of resources (including electronic sourcing) and people to ensure that all activities are completed to time, cost and quality targets.
• Support the development of Defra sub-category and category plans and develop own market category knowledge and expertise.

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