Marketing Senior Category Manager (procurement)

BP Retail UK

United Kingdom
Hybrid
Global marketing procurement category
Strategic category leadership
End-to-end category operational excellence
BP Retail UK is seeking a Marketing Senior Category Manager to provide strategic leadership in managing global marketing procurement categories. The role involves overseeing a substantial budget, fostering supplier relationships, and driving innovation while ensuring operational excellence in procurement

Job Summary

  • The Marketing Senior Category Manager provides strategic category leadership for key categories at Castrol and is accountable for end-to-end management of global categories.
  • They are responsible for fostering end to end category operational excellence through leading teams who manage supply chain risk and maximize value, including sustainability, within their category.
  • Develop and deploy the global marketing category strategy, covering areas such as brand, media, sponsorships, digital marketing, loyalty programmes, creative agencies, branded merchandise and market research.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 85

BP Retail UK is seeking a Marketing Senior Category Manager to provide strategic leadership in managing global marketing procurement categories. The role involves overseeing a substantial budget, fostering supplier relationships, and driving innovation while ensuring operational excellence in procurement.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • global marketing procurement category
  • strategic category leadership
  • end-to-end category operational excellence
  • supplier relationship management
  • stakeholder management
  • digital tools to drive innovation

Nice-to-have

  • systems thinking for incremental value
  • purpose-driven partnerships
  • psychological safety environment
  • storytelling and strong communication

Key Requirements

  • 15 to 20 years of relevant work experience
  • Degree educated in Business, Marketing, Procurement or equivalent
  • Significant experience in marketing procurement or commercial marketing roles
  • Strong people leadership experience

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