Global Category Manager - Content Creation

Are you a strategic procurement leader ready to redefine the Content Creation category on a global scale and unlock value through innovative sourcing and supplier partnerships? This role sits at the intersection of two disciplines, procurement and content creation, in a job that requires significant levels of influencing at different levels. We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge., As our Global Category Manager - Content Creation, you will lead the development and delivery of a global category strategy that drives value, innovation, and operational excellence across a significant area of organisational spend. Working closely with senior stakeholders across the business, you'll ensure procurement strategies align with wider business goals while delivering measurable commercial benefits. You'll build and manage strategic supplier relationships that maximise performance, encourage innovation, and minimise risk. Acting as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, you'll use market insight and commercial expertise to influence decision‑making, identify opportunities, and support the organisation’s evolving content creation needs. Key areas of responsibility include:

• Developing and delivering the global Content Creation category strategy
• Leading strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives from concept to contract
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders and strategic suppliers globally
• Identifying and delivering cost savings, value creation, and performance improvements
• Providing market intelligence and insight on trends, technologies, and emerging risks
• Supporting transformation and continuous improvement through innovation, automation, and AI-enabled solutions

This is a highly visible role offering the opportunity to influence senior leaders, shape long-term procurement strategy, and make a significant impact on financial performance, operational resilience, and future ways of working across a global organisation. This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.

We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable and/or appropriate, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

You will be an experienced procurement professional with a strong track record in Content Creation procurement, and a deep understanding of the suppliers, technologies, and market dynamics that shape this evolving category. You will be confident developing category strategies that balance commercial value, innovation, quality, and risk while supporting wider business objectives. You will bring strong commercial, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with experience leading complex sourcing activities and managing strategic supplier relationships. Using your market insight and analytical skills, you'll identify opportunities to improve performance, drive efficiencies, and support the adoption of new technologies and ways of working across the Content Creation landscape.

Desirable criteria

• CIPS qualification (or working towards).
• Experience supporting transformation, automation, AI, or digital innovation within a Content Creation environment.
• Experience working across global markets and managing international supplier relationships. Final stage interview: in-person at our offices in Cambridge.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs. Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry. We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it is safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background. We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes