Senior Category Officer (Hard FM Construction)

This role will be based on the university campus with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner.

Are you a highly motivated procurement professional with experience of the Facility Management (Hard) or Construction industry? Do you have excellent communication and organisational skills? Would you like to be part of a small customer focussed Category Management team?

The University of Leeds is one of the top 100 universities in the world. Since 1904, it has built a strong reputation for high-quality education and research that makes a difference locally and globally. Behind this sits a wide range of professional services that support students, staff and researchers to do their best work.

As a Senior Category Officer (Facility Management (Hard)/Construction) within the University’s Procurement Service, you will lead on and take day to day responsibility for a range of category activities, delivering value for money across goods and services within your allocated category. You will be responsible for managing relationships with senior managers, internal stakeholders and key suppliers. This key role supports the Facilities Directorate which incorporates maintenance and development of the University Estate, Commercial and Campus Support Services (including sports facilities, catering, cleaning, conferencing, facilities support, print and security) Residences and Sustainability Services.

To be successful in this role you will utilise your in-depth Facility Management (Hard) or Construction knowledge and experience and excellent communication and collaboration skills, to support stakeholders in compliantly achieving best value for money in all procurement activity.

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information please visit: www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa. For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information please visit: https://www.gov.uk/global-talent ;

What We Offer In Return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Binta Jammeh, Category Manager

j.binta@leeds.ac.uk