Role: Senior Category Manager x 2 - Offshore / Energy / Civils
Location: 100% remote with very occasional travel to Warwick / Edinburgh
Duration: 6 - 12 Months
Projects
- Energy / Infrastructure - Civils (underground cabling) - HVDC project
- Energy / Infrastructure - Offshore - HVDC project
Key Experience Required
- NEC or FIDIC Contracts
- Construction
- Offshore / Energy / Utilities / Infrastructure / Civils
Key Accountabilities
- Collaborate with relevant business partner, or directly with Business Unit counterparts, to understand workbook, identify scope of support required, and frontload preparation.
- Develop recommended procurement and supply chain strategies that will meet the Business Unit priorities, whilst understanding the impact of any decision on the Group or supply chain availability.
- Develop and recommend resourcing for program/project teams balancing the need for internal vs external resourcing in line with policies.
- Coordinate cost estimation efforts as input to initial project cost envelope.
- Co-define sourcing strategy with relevant category leads and, where necessary, leading the relevant and agreed sourcing activities.
- Provide relevant inputs into program/project sanctioning with internal and external stakeholders.
- Define overall program/project delivery model - incl. commercial construct, go-to-market approach.
- Drive successful program/project execution - incl. supplier coordination, claims mgmt. etc.
- Ensure procurement activities are executed within the allocated budget, maintaining clear financial oversight.
- Proactively assess, and mitigate procurement-related risks (e.g., supply chain risks, cost escalations, project delivery risks) - regularly communicate to relevant stakeholders.
- Lead project 'lessons learnt' to provide feedback to category teams, business partner and Business Unit to incorporate learnings into future projects.
Knowledge, Experience and Technical Know How
- Experience of end-to-end procurement or supply chain program management or project development.
- Experience of broad, supply chain management in complex environments.
- Ability to communicate dynamically at all levels within the business and externally to senior leaders within supplier organisations.
- Experience of building high performing teams.
- Good understanding of broader business objectives.
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