Category Manager

7 months ago

Melbourne, Australia CitiPower and Powercor Full time

**Category Manager - IT**:

- Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000**About us**:
We’re a team that cares about you and your community. CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy own and operate the electricity distribution networks servicing 1.9 million customers located across 65% of Victoria. These customers include a large number of households, as well as commercial and industrial businesses, world class arts, health and sporting precincts, popular tourism regions and the biggest infrastructure projects in Victoria.

In designing and delivering these services, our people are united by a real sense of purpose to empower customer choices in ways that are important for our communities and the environment. Using advanced analytics, knowledge built through years of practical expertise, partnerships with leading researchers, and the courage to experiment, our people are proud to be disruptive influencers amongst the electricity industry.

Increasingly, our networks are connecting new large-scale renewable energy generators and integrating technologies like solar, batteries and electric vehicles as customers change the way they generate, use, store and share power. This demand is transforming the electricity market faster than any change we’ve ever seen before. As a result, our people are at the frontline in developing and implementing innovative technologies and solutions necessary for the future of our industry not only in Victoria but globally.

**About the Role**:
We are currently looking for an experienced procurement professional to join our team as a Category Manager - IT in a full time and permanent capacity based at our Market Street Head Office.

This position is responsible for developing and engaging effective and strategic suppliers within the IT area of the business. As part of this you will design and implement category level sourcing plans and strategies, identify and develop innovative concepts and use industry knowledge to monitor and adjust strategies in-line with the business requirements.

In addition, the role will be responsible for establishing strong supplier relationships and ensure operational efficiency, quality and cost effectiveness in all aspects of CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy’s third party relationships within the IT category.

**What you’ll deliver**:

- Contribute to procurement savings targets
- Conduct detailed spend and market analysis to develop and maintain category strategies covering key IT spend areas
- Close out market engagements and implement appropriate commercial mechanism
- Share detailed IT category knowledge and communicate this knowledge to appropriately advise business units and stakeholders
- Undertake lessons learned debriefs with stakeholders and ensure any issues or clarifications on Procurement outcomes are addressed in appropriate timeframe
- Develop and implement supplier process improvement projects where required
- Establish strong supplier relationship and ensure operational efficiency, quality and cost effectiveness

**To succeed in this role you’ll have**:

- Degree Qualified - Commerce, Business, Law, Engineering or Information Technology
- MCIPs Membership (or in the process of capturing membership qualification) is desirable
- Ability to synthesise business requirements into organisational alignment and category strategy
- Experience across the full range of procurement activities including category management, supplier relationship management, and strategic sourcing
- Extensive experience of end-to-end procurement knowledge with hands-on experience within a major corporate organisation
- Experience negotiating contracts on both supplier terms and conditions and corporate terms and conditions.

**Your career with us**:
We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability.

We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.

With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees.

Our greatest priority is the health, safety and wellbeing of our people and the communities we operate within. This includes their physical safety - ensuring everyone gets home safely everyday - as well as their psychological safety, by ensuring everyone has the resources and support needed to achieve a work-life balance and be the best they can be.

**What’s next?**

If you require adjustments as part of the recruitment process to accommodate your needs, please don’t hesitate to discuss these with us.

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