Category Lead

Responsibilities

• Set commercial baseline plans for multiple simultaneous projects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure category strategies support project timelines and budgets.
• Prepare, review, and issue internal control documents.
• Evaluate options, present scenarios, and recommend contractor selection for executive approval.
• Lead contract negotiations and manage commercial terms with suppliers.
• Ensure contracts align with project goals, legal compliance, and internal policies.
• Manage post-award contract changes, including variations and amendments.
• Measure post-award performance and intervene as required.
• Track and report on category performance.
• Drive open actions to closure.
• Lead regular progress meetings with EPCMs and provide support resolving scheduling, performance, and commercial matters.
• Maintain high-quality contract documentation and secure storage.
• Represent the organization in meetings with project stakeholders, including government organisations.
• Liaise with internal teams (Legal, Finance, Risk, Project Controls) for integrated contract support.
• Set up, prepare for, and record stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Support executive reporting and board presentations related to major contracts.
• Mentor and lead contract administration staff, promoting knowledge sharing and performance excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in commercial roles in contract management or administration.
• Experience in mining, engineering, logistics, or construction sectors preferred.
• Strong experience in supplier management, contract negotiation, and category strategy development.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP and ARIBA.
• Familiarity with head-office and operational contract administration/engagement processes.
• Proven expertise in contract drafting, negotiation, claims management, and assessment of progress payments and variations.
• Familiarity with transport and logistics (freight forwarding), reagents, indirect spend, and other services advantageous.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid organizational skills, attention to detail, and multi-tasking abilities.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Advanced problem-solving and dispute resolution skills.
• High attention to detail and organizational efficiency.
• Ability to work in unstructured and ever-changing environments.
• Capability to switch between strategic and tactical tasks as required.

Benefits

• [Benefits not specified in the job description]

About the Company

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower®, Experis®, and Talent Solutions – creates substantially more value for candidates and clients across 80 countries and territories and has done so for 80 years.