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We enable new opportunities for our customers through digitalisation.\nnegotiation, contract management, and supplier performance oversight.- Enhance value for money by increasing market engagement, competitive tendering, and commercial challenge throughout the project lifecycle.\nCategory Manager - Major Projects Procurement\nMaidenhead, Chipping Sodbury or Padeswood\nCompetitive Salary + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits\nAre you an experienced procurement professional with a track record of delivering major capital projects in complex industrial environments?\nWe're looking for a Category Manager - Major Projects Procurement to play a key role in supporting major Cement reliability and CAPEX projects across Heidelberg Materials. 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