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About the Role
WTW Procurement is expanding the Sourcing team to support Outsourcing and Consulting spend and is seeking an experienced Category Manager to lead and execute procurement activities. This role is responsible for driving value delivery, ensuring supplier performance, and supporting operational excellence across the Outsourcing Category. You will work in close partnership with the Material Outsourcing and Consulting Lead and collaborate with business stakeholders and Procurement colleagues in the UK, US, France, and Mumbai. You will be a trusted advisor on procurement-related matters for the organization.
Responsibilities
- Partner with business leaders to understand future demand, upcoming initiatives, and project pipelines.
- Facilitate cross-functional alignment to ensure sourcing strategies reflect business needs.
- Translate business requirements into clear sourcing plans and category opportunities.
- Lead RFPs, RFIs and negotiations.
- Conduct internal and external benchmarking to identify value opportunities and commercial gaps.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers to ensure delivery, innovation, and performance.
- Lead Supplier Performance Management activities, including QBRs, scorecards, corrective actions, and risk mitigation.
- Drive supplier consolidation, rationalisation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Work closely with Legal, Finance and Compliance on contract drafting, renewals, and commercial risk mitigation.
- Negotiate and manage contracts in accordance with WTW Procurement policy and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure all procurement activities comply with ESG, risk management, and governance standards.
- Act as a trusted advisor and procurement partner, providing commercial insights and strategic guidance.
- Build strong cross-functional relationships with Operations, Finance, HR, IT, and Legal teams.
- Present sourcing plans, savings updates, and supplier performance insights to senior management.
- Represent Procurement in regional governance forums or audits.
- Own savings pipeline management for your Category.
- Deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance, and value improvements.
Requirements
- Strong commercial acumen
- Strategic thinking
- Excellent negotiation and stakeholder-management skills
- Demonstrable Category Management experience, including spend analysis, contract analysis, and the ability to build and execute category plans and pipelines.
- Proficiency with Ariba Sourcing and Contract modules is essential.
Skills
- Category Management
- Spend Analysis
- Contract Analysis
- Category Planning
- Pipeline Execution
- Ariba Sourcing
- Ariba Contracts
- Negotiation
- Stakeholder Management
- Commercial Acumen
- Strategic Thinking
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Risk Mitigation
- Compliance
- Benchmarking
- RFP/RFI Management
- ESG
- Risk Management
- Governance Standards
Location
- UK
- US
- France
- Mumbai
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
About the Company
- WTW Procurement is expanding the Sourcing team to support Outsourcing and Consulting spend.