Thinking that it’s time for a job change this new year? You could be helping us to deliver clean, safe drinking water to all our 3.6 million customers every single day.

How will you be doing this?

As a Category Manager, you will take the lead on procurement activity to enable delivery of contracts and benefits across the company. You will be responsible for overseeing key strategic contracts, identifying opportunities for consolidating spend and ensuring full compliance in the categories being managed.

You will play a key role in the identification, assessment and management of potential risks associated with differing sourcing strategies, whilst also be providing insight through the analysis of spend, supply markets and savings. You will ensure that goods, services and works purchased in your categories comply with Utilities Contracts Regulations.

As part of your role, you’ll be monitoring contract performance - reporting progress, identifying potential cost saving initiatives and supporting with the forecasting, planning and awarding of contracts.

What’s in it for you?

You’ll be based in our modern and spacious offices within the heart of Hatfield Business Park with on-site bistro and parking facilities. If you fancy a walk or a bite to eat at lunch off-site, you won’t be short of choices.

In return for all your excellent work, we’ll provide you with a double-matching pension scheme and a holiday allowance that increases with length of service, which means that the longer you stay, the more you gain!

We are also committed to developing your career progression. and will support the cost of your professional fees to help you get to where you want to be.

As a further thank you, we will give you access to a wide range of shopping and entertainment discounts. Who wouldn’t want money off their weekly shop or night out at the cinema? If that wasn’t enough, we’ll give you access to support of your wellbeing with tips such as healthy eating recipes and mindfulness techniques.

Thirsty for more?

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site where our staff have been talking on video about their roles and sharing their career development stories.

Don’t forget to look at all the good work that we do at Affinity Water through our social media channels.

Tell us how you would be a great fit for this role by following our quick and simple application process and we will respond back to you shortly after the deadline.