£60,291 to £62,530 per annum
37 hours per week - Permanent
Are you a procurement professional who thrives on delivering value, driving innovation, and building strong supplier partnerships?
ODS is looking for a Category Manager (Generalist) to join our Procurement team on a hybrid working basis.
In this rewarding role, you'll lead procurement activity across a diverse range of categories, developing smart sourcing strategies, managing key supplier relationships, and ensuring the business gets the very best value from its contracts. Working with teams across ODS, you'll help shape procurement decisions that support growth, efficiency, and high-quality service delivery.
We're looking for someone with strong procurement expertise, excellent relationship-building skills, and the confidence to lead complex projects while balancing commercial opportunities with compliance and governance requirements.
At ODS, we're proud to be a business that does good, delivering essential services that help keep Oxford running while supporting local communities and creating a positive impact every day.
What You get: -
- Competitive salary
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, increasing to 33 days after 5 years service
- A varied role with the chance to make a real impact in the local community
Closing Date for applications - 26th August 2026
Applications must be made via our online portal - https://www.odsgroup.co.uk/Careers
Pay: £60,291.00-£62,530.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
- Sabbatical
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Oxford OX4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- leading complex procurements: 3 years (required)
- public and commercial sector procurement: 1 year (required)
- working within regulations, including the Transparency Code: 1 year (required)
- dealing with vendors: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- MCIPS or working towards achieving levels 5 and 6 (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oxford OX4
