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Category Manager - Corporate Communications
MBDA
Stevenage
Hybrid
GBP 40,000 - 60,000
Full time
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Job summary
A leading defence organisation, MBDA, is seeking a Category Manager for Corporate Communications. This role involves managing procurement for communications, working with suppliers, and developing strategies to optimize costs. The position offers a dynamic hybrid working environment and a strong emphasis on professional development.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience in Corporate Communications Procurement or Indirect Procurement.
- Willingness to travel for team meetings and supplier engagements.
- Ability to build internal and international relationships.
Responsibilities
- Lead all aspects of Travel and Communication spend across the Group.
- Develop and propose the strategy for the categories entrusted.
- Identify and implement cost optimization plans.
Skills
Education
Job description
We're seeking a Corporate Communications procurement professional to join our established team here at MBDA!
Dynamic (hybrid) working: Stevenage / Bolton, 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
Company Bonus:Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
Flexible working:We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
Enhanced parental leave:offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
The opportunity:
Do you want a new opportunity to join a diverse international team that believes in championing talent and developing people to their full potential? Welcome to Travel and Communications procurement team at MBDA!
We lead all aspects of Travel and Communication spend across the Group, this role is specialised in Corporate Communications. If you have experience in this Category then we would like to discuss how you may best fit within the team!
Communications:MBDA's communications include print and digital communications as well as trade shows and exhibitions or corporate events management both nationally and internationally. You would act as an extension to the MBDA Communications teams working with various suppliers commodities: photographic and video, goodies and mock-up, digital media and event management, international exhibitions related activities. This role may also include an element of Travel and any experience in this Category would be a bonus.
What we're looking for from you:
Experience within Corporate Communications Procurement that you wish to develop further or Indirect Procurement with some existing Business Travel knowledge in any one of the following categories such as:
Exhibitions and Trade Shows
Corporate Events Management
Print and Media Planning
Photographic and Video
Digital Media
Willingness to travel as there are regular bi-annual team meetings that rotate between our sites in the UK, Rome and Paris (for specific projects there may also be travel required for partner or supplier meetings in these Natcos)
Comfortable working in an international context with the ability to build internal and international relationships
Develop in depth market knowledge (suppliers, services, technologies, business models, capabilities, innovation), taking into account risks / market opportunities and MBDA background and specificities
Analyse and challenge the expectations of the collaborators, the needs of the company and the forecasts of development
Prospecting supplier, evaluate new solutions and recommend them to internal clients
Develop and propose the strategy of the categories entrusted
Lead and implement the policy implementation plan
Identify and implement cost optimization plan
Renew and optimize the supplier panel
Working towards MCIPS qualification or willingness to gain (we offer routes towards this qualification)
The team:
Digital and Mobility Services is an international team based in Stevenage, Bolton, Paris and Rome. Our collaborators are similarly based nationally and internationally. You would be working in partnership with our internal collaborators, championing supplier relationships, and delivering the best procurement outcomes for MBDA. The Business Travel & Communication Procurement team consists of three Buyers. This team is part of Digital and Mobility Services, a wider team of forty Group Category Managers, Buyers and Early Careers Professionals. We sit within a wider Indirect family of eighty people.
Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given
MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.
We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more…
We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.
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