Category Specialist

Overview

Procurement professional managing category strategy, supplier contracts, and cost savings.

Key Responsibilities

• strategic sourcing
• supplier management
• contract management
• cost analysis
• compliance management
• category strategy

Tasks

-Operate independently whilst uploading corporate and regulatory governance requirements and legislation -Support the identification, validation and integration of potential alternative suppliers -Help deliver the category management strategy, with care for overall UK Power Networks corporate procurement and corporate strategy -Responsible for accurate administration for in-category activities and ensures that all related data is up to date -Strategic sourcing execution, i.e. cost, price and financial analysis, internal and external market analysis, category strategy, market testing and innovation. -Maximise the value, measured through a range of indicators, from UK Power Networks contractual arrangements utilising the development of contract strategies, contract development and lifecycle management, updating and informing on contract information -Perform activities that evaluate and use relationships with category suppliers -Manage compliance to all business, governance and legislative policies and initiatives -Responsible for supplier management for category suppliers including their development and segmentation -Identifies, implements, and secures saving opportunities -Responsible for management of specific category portfolio, including developing the category sourcing strategy, the selection of suppliers and contractual terms best suited to the category -Liaise with, and providing support to, other areas of the business and resolving queries. Develop relationships with suppliers and contractors alike and create strategic partnerships -Manage innovation and knowledge management for the category portfolio -Use your knowledge base, service a specific portfolio of direct works, services and materials as part of a team leading to the best available solution with embedded performance mechanisms tailored to deliver to the business promptly -Maximise the effectiveness of category management by promoting the optimisation of the UK Power Networks vendor database based on value and risk mitigation -Manage own element of Procurement event Pipeline and procure contracts on time following UK Power Networks process -Identify opportunities for cost reduction and performance improvement within a managed category

Requirements

• sap
• uvdb
• cips
• contracts
• project management
• it literacy

What You Bring

-High level of IT literacy - Use a variety of systems -Self organisational capabilities -Working knowledge of SAP and UVDB an advantage -Achieve or working towards CIPS qualification or equivalent -Demonstrate understanding of continuous improvement and team working -Dynamic approach to procurement to challenge and influence senior partners -Experience leading the cradle-to-grave procurement lifecycle for multi-million pound sourcing projects -Confidence when engaging with senior partners -Working knowledge of industry standard contracts -Project and time management skills -Influence and challenge team members and co-workers, and the ability to decant measurable needs -Educated to degree level or equivalent

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Benefits

-Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) -25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays. -Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes -Employee Assistance Programme -Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan -Occupational Health support -Discounted gym membership -Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid -Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products

About Uk Power Networks

-It has built resilience through landmark innovation—funded by Ofgem—for projects like Low Carbon London and Flexible Plug & Play, pioneering smart grid integration. -The company architected and maintains private networks serving Heathrow, Stansted, London Underground and Canary Wharf, showcasing its aptitude in high-stakes infrastructure. -Its rollout of pole-support trusses and smart connection portals highlights a knack for clever engineering that minimizes disruption while boosting reliability. -From carrying legacy cables to orchestrating EV infrastructure and hydrogen experimentation, its story is one of transforming traditional power delivery for modern demands.

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