Category Managers

Working at Forestry and Land Scotland is all about ‘People, Pride and Purpose.’ Join us and take pride in supporting the economy, protecting and enhancing the environment by managing Scotland’s National forests and land.

We are looking for experienced Procurement professionals to appoint as Category Managers, responsible for developing category strategies and overseeing the delivery of tendering projects and contract management activities including such as Forest Operations, Digital, Corporate and HR Services etc within their categories. They will each lead a team of between 4 and 6 staff to deliver these category objectives.

Our procurement team is a national delivery and support function, structured into three Category Teams and a Policy Team, with staff located in Edinburgh and Inverness. Members of this team work cross functionally with staff in other national support teams and with colleagues in our 5 Regions, located across Scotland.

To be successful in this role you will have experience in and an understanding of public procurement legislation, statutory guidance, best practice and its application to category management, procurement and contract management activities.

Please review the Job Description for more information on this role, applications are received through our recruitment portal by way of CV and Covering Letter.