Source: https://deftridge.com/job/category-strategy-paper-united-kingdom-dt-1642890/ Title: Category Strategy Paper, remote, UK | Deftridge Summary: Category Strategy Paper for a manager Procurement & Vendor Manager, remote in the UK. £43-£51 an hour, about 13 hours in total. Starts within 7 days. One-off Shortlisting · 5 candidates Posted Oct 27 · DT-1642890 # Category Strategy Paper Manager · Procurement & Vendor Manager · Remote · United Kingdom **£43–£51** / hour About £380–£850 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**. - **Company** Electronics manufacturer · 501–1,000 employeesCL-51493 · based in Warrington - **Where** Remote · United Kingdom - **Format** One-off task - **Time needed** about 13 h in total - **Start** Starts within 7 days - **Level** Manager · 7-12 years - **When you work** Flexible hours, async The company is already looking at 5 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides. **18** professionals have asked about this task **687** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge ## About this task This electronics manufacturer (501–1,000 employees) is looking for a manager Procurement & Vendor Manager for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Market view and plan for a spend category. It is a self-contained job: scope, checklist and price are agreed before you start. It manufactures physical products, and the office team works to month-end and plant schedules. The work is fully remote. Any location in United Kingdom works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. ## What you deliver - Write a category strategy for marketing agencies with a sourcing plan. - A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope - A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer - The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed ## How the work runs - Day 1: scope confirmed in writing, files shared - Middle of the period: draft shared for early feedback - Last day: final version and handover note **Duration:** 2 to 3 weeks. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side. ## Tools Excel PowerPoint ## Who fits - 7-12 years of hands-on work as a Procurement & Vendor Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles - Comfortable working in Excel and PowerPoint - Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate ### Nice to have - Used to short written handovers - Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader ## Not included - Managing other contractors or employees - On-call availability outside the agreed window - Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so ## How you get paid - The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice. - Deftridge pays you in GBP after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement. - You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs. - You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge. ## What happens after you say you're interested 1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want. 1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead. 1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days. 1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above. ## What the company sees about you First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details. Your profile **Alex** Manager Procurement & Vendor Manager - **Experience** 7-12 years in operations & assistance - **Tools** Excel, PowerPoint - **Offers** 13 hours in total, weekday evenings - **Rate** £47 an hour, agreed with the recruiter ## How this rate compares The midpoint of this range, £47 an hour, is **above** the median manager Procurement & Vendor Manager rate in the United Kingdom (£45). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market. Median £45 This task £47 £32 £64 [All Procurement & Vendor Manager jobs in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/jobs/procurement-and-vendor-manager/united-kingdom/) · [Procurement & Vendor Manager rates in United Kingdom](https://deftridge.com/rates/procurement-and-vendor-manager/united-kingdom/) · [Operations & Assistance jobs](https://deftridge.com/jobs/operations-and-assistance/) ## Questions about pay and privacy The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job. CL-51493 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead. ## Interested in this task? Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK. - You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you - Your employer and surname stay private - E-mail only, no phone calls Thank you, Category Strategy Paper is noted. 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