Category Manager - Global Fleet and Travel

The Role

Are you ready to lead and innovate in a dynamic global environment? Join us as a Category Manager and drive strategic sourcing excellence within our inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees.

Key Accountabilities

• Strategic Sourcing Leadership: Manage and coordinate all strategic and tactical sourcing activities within your category.
• Strategy Development: Develop, implement, and manage sourcing strategies to meet business goals and objectives.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with key business stakeholders, suppliers, and buyers to develop category strategies.
• Supplier Base Management: Develop and maintain a sustainable and reliable supplier base to mitigate supply risk.
• Negotiation and Contracting: Conduct negotiations with key suppliers and make contracts available to the regions.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Lead the assessment, selection, and development of strategic suppliers to meet cost and performance goals.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in managing and coordinating strategic and tactical sourcing activities.
• Strong analytical skills to forecast price and market trends and identify changes in buyer-supplier power.
• Excellent communication skills to influence and manage internal stakeholder relationships.
• Experience in leading, developing, and managing a high-performing team.
• Ability to proactively bring external innovation and developments into the category.
• Strong focus on compliance and agility to support strategic needs while maintaining appropriate risk management and compliance standards.

What we offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.