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About the Company \n \n Quell is a high-growth British defence and security AI technology start-up developing solutions to counter drone, vehicle, and human threats across the military, civilian and CNI sectors. \n \n We are seeking an experienced Driver & Fleet Manager to support our teams. The Driver & Fleet Manager will play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and timely transportation of equipment to client sites and events across the UK and perhaps abroad. Working as part of the wider operations team, this role is responsible for maintaining high standards of vehicle safety, handling equipment with utmost care, and representing the business professionally during deliveries. \n \n While driving is a core element of the position, the successful candidate will also support wider operational activities as required, demonstrating flexibility, teamwork, and a proactive, can-do attitude. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n \n\n • Manage fleet maintenance, routine safety inspections, and timely repairs to ensure vehicles remain roadworthy and compliant with legal and company requirements.\n, • Staff management; lead, train, and support drivers and support teams\n, • Transport technical hardware and equipment safely and efficiently to client sites and event locations throughout the UK and possibly abroad.\n, • Load, secure, transport, and unload equipment with care to prevent damage and ensure safe handling at all times.\n, • Support logistics planning by helping plan routes, providing updates on deliveries, reporting vehicle defects, delays, or scheduling issues as required.\n, • Assist with non-driving projects and operational activities when required, demonstrating flexibility and a team-focused approach.\n, • Represent the business professionally at all times when interacting with clients, suppliers, and external stakeholders, delivering excellent customer service and maintaining the company's reputation.\n\n \n Requirements \n \n\n • Full, clean UK driving licence is essential.\n, • Category C1+E certification is desirable\n, • Clean driving record with a strong commitment to safe and compliant driving practices.\n, • Confident in carrying out daily vehicle inspections and basic maintenance checks, with the ability to identify and escalate any defects or issues.\n, • Ability to safely load, secure, transport, and unload technical equipment, ensuring it is protected throughout transit.\n, • Flexible approach to travel, with regular driving to client sites and event locations across the UK and possibly abroad.\n, • While driving is a key aspect of the role, there will be periods where you will support other areas of the business. A positive, proactive attitude and willingness to assist with additional tasks are essential.\n, • Excellent time management, reliability, and punctuality.\n, • Strong communication skills with the ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues and clients.\n, • Previous experience in a structured driving environment, such as supermarket distribution, logistics, or parcel delivery, is highly desirable.\n, • Must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).\n\n \n Details \n \n\n • Location: North Uttlesford / Greater Cambridge area, on-site\n, • Five days a week on-site (ie: this is not a hybrid role)\n, • Applicants must be fully eligible to work in the UK without restriction, time limit, or the need for current or future sponsorship.\n\n \n To Apply \n \n Please apply via LinkedIn with your CV and a short covering note, including your salary expectations and availability. \n

About the Company Quell is a high-growth British defence and security AI technology start-up developing solutions to counter drone, vehicle, and human threats across the military, civilian and CNI sectors. We are seeking an experienced Driver & Fleet Manager to support our teams. The Driver & Fleet Manager will play a key role in ensuring the safe, efficient, and timely transportation of equipment to client sites and events across the UK and perhaps abroad. Working as part of the wider operations team, this role is responsible for maintaining high standards of vehicle safety, handling equipment with utmost care, and representing the business professionally during deliveries. While driving is a core element of the position, the successful candidate will also support wider operational activities as required, demonstrating flexibility, teamwork, and a proactive, can-do attitude. Key Responsibilities Manage fleet maintenance, routine safety inspections, and timely repairs to ensure vehicles remain roadworthy and compliant with legal and company requirements.Staff management; lead, train, and support drivers and support teamsTransport technical hardware and equipment safely and efficiently to client sites and event locations throughout the UK and possibly abroad.Load, secure, transport, and unload equipment with care to prevent damage and ensure safe handling at all times.Support logistics planning by helping plan routes, providing updates on deliveries, reporting vehicle defects, delays, or scheduling issues as required.Assist with non-driving projects and operational activities when required, demonstrating flexibility and a team-focused approach.Represent the business professionally at all times when interacting with clients, suppliers, and external stakeholders, delivering excellent customer service and maintaining the companys reputation. Requirements Full, clean UK driving licence is essential.Category C1+E certification is desirableClean driving record with a strong commitment to safe and compliant driving practices.Confident in carrying out daily vehicle inspections and basic maintenance checks, with the ability to identify and escalate any defects or issues.Ability to safely load, secure, transport, and unload technical equipment, ensuring it is protected throughout transit.Flexible approach to travel, with regular driving to client sites and event locations across the UK and possibly abroad.While driving is a key aspect of the role, there will be periods where you will support other areas of the business. A positive, proactive attitude and willingness to assist with additional tasks are essential.Excellent time management, reliability, and punctuality.Strong communication skills with the ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues and clients.Previous experience in a structured driving environment, such as supermarket distribution, logistics, or parcel delivery, is highly desirable.Must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC). Details Location: North Uttlesford / Greater Cambridge area, on-siteFive days a week on-site (ie: this is not a hybrid role)Applicants must be fully eligible to work in the UK without restriction, time limit, or the need for current or future sponsorship. To Apply Please apply via LinkedIn with your CV and a short covering note, including your salary expectations and availability.

Connect to your opportunity The Senior Vendor Manager acts as a senior category lead and strategic business partner, building relationships with and driving value from Deloitte’s third-party vendors and internal delivery partners across assigned Enterprise Business Solutions categories. The Senior

Why join Marshall Land Systems in this role: This is an opportunity to take ownership of supplier performance on complex, high-value defence programmes that make a real difference. As a Supplier Manager, you'll be at the centre of programme delivery, working with internal stakeholders and strategic suppliers to ensure cost, quality and delivery commitments are achieved. You'll have the autonomy to build strong supplier relationships, influence commercial outcomes and proactively manage risk, while collaborating with experienced project, engineering and commercial teams. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where your decisions have a direct impact on programme success, this role offers both challenge and variety, alongside opportunities to develop your career within a leading UK defence organisation. Your responsibilities will include: As part of the Purchasing & Supply Chain team, you'll work within a cross-functional project team, taking responsibility for managing supplier and subcontractor performance across cost, quality and delivery. You'll ensure suppliers meet their contractual commitments, drive continuous performance improvements and manage risks that could impact programme delivery. Key responsibilities include: Managing relationships with key suppliers and subcontractors across assigned projects. Ensuring alignment between Marshall and suppliers on contractual requirements, including Terms & Conditions, Statements of Work and delivery schedules. Leading regular supplier performance reviews with relevant project and functional stakeholders. Managing supplier non-compliance, working with Procurement and Category teams to resolve issues where required. Identifying, tracking and mitigating supplier risks throughout the programme lifecycle. Producing monthly supplier performance reports for Project Managers and the Head of Subcontract Management. Ensuring suppliers fulfil their contractual obligations and deliver against agreed commitments. Reviewing and approving supplier payments in line with contractual milestones. Building strong relationships with project, commercial, engineering and wider business stakeholders. Providing weekly SOFT (Successes, Opportunities, Failures and Threats) reports to Project Managers and the Head of Subcontract Management. Apply if you have most of the following: You'll be an experienced supplier or subcontract management professional who is confident managing commercial relationships, influencing stakeholders and driving supplier performance. We're particularly interested in candidates with: Experience in supplier, subcontract or project management within a complex engineering, manufacturing or defence environment. Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills. The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced programme environment. Experience managing supplier performance across cost, quality and delivery. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams. Experience managing supplier risk and resolving contractual issues. Knowledge of project management principles. Experience using ERP systems, ideally IFS. Experience working with international suppliers. APM qualification (desirable). CIPS qualification (desirable). The benefits we will offer you include: 27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy /sell). Pension contributions up to 9%. Private medical insurance. Extensive flexible benefit program including Cycle to Work. Life assurance at 4x basic salary. Enhanced parental leave and pay. Paid volunteering leave. Access to industry leading wellbeing resources and tools. Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands. #LI-DS1 MLSIND4

Category Manager - Operations & Infrastructure. Develop and implement effective category and sourcing strategies. Category & Sourcing function, supporting a significant portfolio of operational, asset and maintenance-related procurement activity.

Category Manager / Senior Category Manager - Outdoor Living. This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of an outdoor living category within an established, family-owned consumer products business. You will have the freedom to shape the category, influence future product development and build

Due to continued investment across its UK operations, they are looking to appoint an experienced Procurement Category Manager to take ownership of a high-profile CapEx & Facilities category. Procurement Category Manager - CapEx & Facilities. Are you an experienced Procurement Category Manage

A successful Category Manager should have:. As a Category Manager in the retail industry, based in Yorkshire, you'll focus on managing product categories to drive sales and profitability. Yorkshire are looking for a Category Manager who will be supplying independent retailers across the convenience

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Category Manager to lead the development and execution of global sourcing strategies across a direct material category. Description The Category Manager will be responsible for; Develop and implement global category strategies to achieve cost s

We are recruiting on behalf of a Tier One leading contractor for a Category Manager who will be responsible for procuring and managing framework agreements and contracts for the UK business, delivering cost savings and rebate. As the Category Manager, you will:. Development of category procurement s

Senior Category Manager Cartons, Boxes & Postal Packaging An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Category Manager to join the Product & Purchasing Team and take ownership of a portfolio of strategically important Cartons, Boxes and Postal Packaging product categories. This is

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Senior Category Manager – IT Procurement | Up to £85,000 + Package | 3-Month FTC | Remote My client, a large, complex global organisation, is looking for an experienced Senior Category Manager – IT Procurement to join its procurement

Job Summary:As the European Category Manager for the aftersales products, you will beresponsible for developing and executing category strategies that drive sales growth andenhance market positioning for our Automotive aftersale

Main Responsibilities Establish the category by developing and executing a long-term plan and strategyWork with the commercial and marketing teams to support NPD initiatives according to category

Working closely with the Senior Category Manager, you will support with category strategies and managing national, high-value contracts and initiatives. The Category Manager will proactively build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to establish business needs and specifications, and wil

You will analyse category data to identify emerging trends, category opportunities and areas for growth. You will create compelling category stories through customer-facing presentations, build influential relationships with UK retail customers and manage external data and insight partners. Experien

This role will be responsible for the corporate and professional service category, experience with this category is essential. Demonstrated experience in category management, with the ability to develop category strategies based on data-driven methodologies and market engagement. Please ensure your

Category Manager - Property Services (Housing Association). Are you an experienced Procurement Category Manager looking to work with purpose?. As Category Manager, you’ll take ownership of key procurement categories, delivering end-to-end sourcing projects that align with organisational goals.

Procurement Category Manager – IT & Technology - Financial Services. As part of this, they are strengthening their Technology Procurement team and are looking for an experienced Technology Category & Sourcing Manager to take ownership of a broad portfolio across. Work within a large, global procur

As Category Manager you will lead the growth of a key category driving strategic growth, commercial performance and development of the category. This Category Manager role is ideal for a commercial individual who has FMCG buying and category planning experience gained from UK food major retailers. T

Represent the focal point of Procurement within your category and demonstrate subject matter expertise alongside strong functional leadership, managing the procurement process. Strong procurement or category experience, ideally in direct spend.

IT Category Manager- Procurement. We are currently recruiting for a Category Manager with strong SaaS experience to join one of our Insurance clients on a 6-month contract.

In this role you will step into an established Category Manager position, taking ownership of a portfolio of indirect spend categories. Previous experience as a Category Manager working within Financial Services, Retail, Customer Service, Energy are especially of interest. Category Manager | Financi

Procurement Category Manager – IT & Technology - Financial Services. As part of this, they are strengthening their Technology Procurement team and are looking for an experienced Technology Category & Sourcing Manager to take ownership of a broad portfolio across. There is a significant pipeline of

The Senior Technology Category Manager will be responsible for managing and driving global sourcing strategies that enhance performance and reduce costs across the technology category. A deep understanding of procurement best practices and category management.

Morgan Hunt are delighted to be supporting s public sector client as they are looking to welcome a Category Manager to the team on a full time and permanent basis. Develop category strategies that deliver value, reduce costs and manage risk while improving supplier performance. Experience developing

Working closely with the Senior Category Manager, you will support with category strategies and managing national, high-value contracts and initiatives. The Category Manager will strategically manage a given area of spend within the organisation, and will deliver optimal value for money and efficien

Category Manager - IT (12-month FTC) | London ~ We are looking for an experienced Category Manager – IT to lead procurement strategy and delivery across a complex, regulated environment. If you would like to know more about this Category Manager opportunity, please call Karen Laker on +44 (0)1403

Category Manager – Cloud | London | Hybrid ~ Are you an experienced Technology Procurement professional with a strong commercial and strategic mindset? We are looking for several Technology Procurement specialists for a Global client…. If you would like to know more about this Category Manager o

This role will be responsible for the corporate and professional service category, experience with this category is essential. Demonstrated experience in category management, with the ability to develop category strategies based on data-driven methodologies and market engagement. Please ensure your

Support Global Category Managers in delivering sourcing strategies and commercial value across complex scientific spend categories. Supplier market analysis, benchmarking and category strategy support.

If you're searching for your next Strategic Category Lead, Head of IT Procurement, IT Category Manager, Digital Procurement Manager or Senior Procurement Manager opportunity in London, this could be an excellent next step. We are supporting a major public-sector organisation in London with the appoi

Key Responsibilities Category Strategy & Commercial Planning • Develop and manage category growth strategies aligned to company commercial objectives • Translate brand priorities into local market activation and retailer plans • Build and maintain 12-month category and activation roadmaps •

Category Manager / Senior Category Manager - Outdoor Living. This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of an outdoor living category within an established, family-owned consumer products business. You will have the freedom to shape the category, influence future product development and build