Junior Category Manager/Category Manager
2 weeks ago
About the Role
Job Summary
We are seeking a skilled Procurement and Sourcing Expert to join our Energy Infrastructure Category Team, focused on Overhead Line and Innovation. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in supporting our Networks Transmission and Distribution businesses and the wider SSE Group, managing procurement across a diverse range of works, goods, and services.
Key Responsibilities
- Category Management: Conduct internal and external analysis to determine optimum value creation opportunities for the categories, engaging effectively with stakeholders to develop and deliver category strategies that are aligned with corporate and business unit strategies and value drivers.
- Procurement Planning: Develop and implement category management plans to make procurement more efficient, reduce supply and construction risks, and lower overall costs for the business.
- Supplier Management: Analyze spending within each category to identify opportunities for savings, assess strategic value, evaluate risks, and check compliance with the category plan. You will also oversee suppliers to ensure they meet their contractual obligations while reducing risks and enhancing sustainability to improve supply chain quality and reliability.
- Negotiation and Contract Management: Undertake strategic sourcing events, negotiation, and execution of effective, robust Framework Agreements, Call Off Contracts, and One-off Contracts, in alignment with the category strategy and in compliance with applicable procurement regulations.
Requirements
- Experience: Proven experience in strategic procurement, having completed high-value complex tenders within a similar environment, including experience of using NEC engineering and construction contracts or equivalent.
- Knowledge: Broad knowledge of contracts, with the ability to draft special terms for goods, work, and services, dispute procedures, and relevant statutory and legal provisions, including construction risk.
- Negotiation and Communication Skills: Proficient in negotiating costs, and terms and conditions, with excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to communicate confidently at various levels within the business, including presentation skills.
About our Business
At SSE, we own more than 500 property assets and several thousand land assets, which are located across the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland. Our Procurement & Commercial, Property, and Facilities Management teams are responsible for helping the business to procure services and materials in a timely and cost-effective way, and for ensuring SSE offers a safe, modern, fit-for-purpose property portfolio.
What's in it for you?
We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing, and much more. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment, and upon joining SSE.
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