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Senior Category Manager – Estates
Vacancy ID
11687
College/Service
Professional Services and Operations
Location
Hybrid – UAL Various Sites/Home
Salary
£52,246 - £62,934 per annum
Contract
Permanent
Hours
35
Apply by
23 May 2025, 11:55 pm
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The opportunity
An outstanding opportunity for an established Procurement Professional to play a key strategic role, leading on all procurement activity across a large Estates portfolio at one of the UK’s most prestigious and globally renowned Universities.
University of the Arts London (UAL) is ranked 2nd in the world for Art and Design according in the 2025 QS World University Rankings. It welcomes a diverse body of over 18,000 students from more than 130 countries. Established in 2004, UAL brings together 6 esteemed Arts, Design, Fashion and Media Colleges, which were founded in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Operating out of expansive offices within the historic Central Saint Martin’s college (less than 10 minutes-walk from Kings Cross Station), this is a vibrant and modern team environment, with an expectation that colleagues come into the office 50% of their time. (Core days tend to be Tuesdays and Wednesdays).
With several construction and refurbishment projects underway across its expansive property portfolio, UAL is looking to bring on board an experienced Procurement Category Manager to lead the Estates category into the next phase of development.
Reporting to the Head of Procurement, you will be responsible for providing commercial procurement services across a wide spectrum of Estates related activities including Works projects both small and large scale, FM Hard Services and FM Soft Services. You will ensure that the procurement and supply chain objectives of the department are consistently achieved and are in support of the strategic plan and vision. You will also be required to develop and manage strategic supplier relationships to ensure value for money, and provide technical expertise in advising, guiding, and executing end-to-end procurement processes.
Your profile
Your profile and background
- Estates, FM, and/or Construction category experience in a Strategic Procurement role.
- Personable and self-motivated with the ability to influence and engage with Senior Stakeholders.
- A commercial mindset and a high degree of specialist knowledge to be able liaise confidently with a broad range of Estates and FM Suppliers.
- Experience working within cross functional teams within a matrix organisation.
- Specialist knowledge of procurement practices, including sourcing, contract management, procurement law, EU/UK procurement directives and PCR 2015/Procurement Act 2023.
- You’ll ideally be CIPS qualified or working towards qualification.
We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.
Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.
As a University we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.
Application process
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