Category Procurement Manager Marketing

Location: Weybridge

Sony Europe is looking for a strategic data-driven and credible Category Procurement professional to join our team.

Youll act as the bridge between Marketing and Procurement combining commercial insight with strategic thinking to shape how we invest efficiently & with results in mind. This isnt a buyer role; its a true seat at the table. Youll partner with senior stakeholders to identify needs challenge approaches and build smart forward-looking category strategies.

Youll influence decisions cut through complexity and turn fragmented spend into clear value-driven plans. Part advisor part negotiator part problem-solver. You are the person who makes marketing spend sharper faster and more effective.

If youre commercially minded confident challenging the status quo and motivated by creating real impact not just managing process Sony Europe is where you can thrive.

You will:

• Owning the strategy & relationships for your key category areas
• Be accountable for your category pipeline development & coordination
• Build develop & maintain productive relationships with key business stakeholders
• Influence senior leaders whilst maintaining alignment with Sony Europe Procurement strategy
• Drive delivery of core priorities and make a clear impact on business outcomes.
• Stay close to departmental goals and actively align your work to what matters most.
• Spot opportunities to support your categories and act proactively.
• Own KPI performance; track it understand it and act to keep everything on target.
• Use data (e.g. Power BI Rosslyn) to stay ahead of risks and opportunities stepping in early to course correct.
• Act as a gatekeeper for spend; review approvals daily and confidently challenge or reject anything outside policy strategy or good practice.
• Share clear actionable insights with stakeholders and use feedback to continuously improve.

You will bring:

• Extensive demonstrable experience & expertise across Marketing Procurement (Indirect experience is advantageous)
• Proven negotiations expertise
• Advanced data & analytical skills
• Strong & demonstrable project management experience
• Excellent relationship building & presentation abilities
• A pro-active & driven mentality to personal growth & development

Your new office

Weybridge

Based at the Weybridge office you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator with classes on set days in the mornings at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points an undercover and secure bike rack (useful if youve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme) or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.

Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: Recruitment Process

Your initial application (made via our official portal) will be carefully reviewed by one of our experienced Talent Acquisition Partners. If your presented profile meets the requirements above wed not hesitate to schedule an initial call with you to learn more about your interest skills and experience.

Next youll get to meet your future line manager on-site in Weybridge. Youll be presented a case study when you arrive and given plenty of time to prepare a proposal back to us on the same day. We are firm believers that these exercises so vital to hiring processes as they help us understand how you would handle similar situations at work as well as giving you a good idea of the kind of work youll be doing which is incredibly important too.

Finally we would invite you back to Weybridge to meet with the wider team & some of the leadership team. This visit will allow you to meet your future colleagues experience the commute and get a sense of your future.

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together respect each other and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys respect their suggestions then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles in a wide range of countries with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion diversity and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sonys purpose to fill the world with emotion through the power of creativity and technology. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect integrity and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries Sony Europe caters to consumer professional semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now and lets create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race colour religion gender citizenship ancestry age physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity medical condition or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individual with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests please contact us by email at or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited Human Resources Department the Heights Brooklands Surrey KT13 0XW UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for and the accommodation required.

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