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About the Role
The Category Manager – IT & Digital is responsible for identifying and leading commercial delivery against agreed procurement strategies, predominantly across the IT and Digital portfolio. This role is key in shaping successful delivery of commercially robust contracts, acting as the commercial conduit for IT & Digital category(s) assigned to them and will be required to work collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels and across SZC. Ensuring that the requirements are met through successful commercial delivery in line with Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model, nuclear licence and financing requirements.
Responsibilities
- Leading and developing procurement professionals through effective line management, coaching, succession planning, recruitment, onboarding and performance development.
- Supporting major business and transformation programmes through commercial leadership, stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration to achieve business objectives.
- Developing, implementing and delivering against long term category strategies which have been agreed with the business whilst ensuring delivery against SZC values and strategy.
- Leading on delivery of complex tender activities, from inception through to contract execution, implementation, and supplier performance throughout the contract lifecycle.
- Consistently delivering against key Procurement metrics, such as cost savings, SLAs and reporting requirements as required.
- Act as cost consciousness of the business, effectively owning end-to-end management of commercial risk.
- Leading complex, high-value commercial engagements, and negotiations, including framework agreements, MSAs, statements of work and multi-party contractual arrangements.
- Providing commercial leadership across key strategic IT suppliers, managing senior stakeholder relationships, and acting as the primary escalation point for commercial matters.
- Navigating and leading governance activities, including approvals, papers, delegated authority requirements, and Digital assurance processes.
- Enable delivery of contracts in accordance with SZC governance requirements to meet SZC Project and business objectives.
Requirements
- Demonstrated effective commercial leadership of end-to-end ownership of contracts from strategy development throughout the contract lifecycle.
- Track record in developing and leading category management across the IT and Digital portfolio, helping shape direction of procurement and supplier management within SZC.
- Proven ability in building effective stakeholder management, ability to influence, negotiate and communicate complex ideas confidently.
- Experienced in digesting and interpreting complex contractual information, with clear knowledge of best practice contract methodologies.
- Excellent commercial skills and ability to make sound decisions on both matters of financial value and service quality.
- Understanding of contract performance measurement, commercial risk management and change.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and manage cross-functional relationships and understand and manage a complex portfolio of responsibilities.
- Successful in delivering category management best practice and future category strategies across the IT and Digital portfolio in support of broader business objectives.
- Experience in working with commercial systems – tools covering activities like eSourcing (Jaggaer) Purchase to Pay (SAP 4 HANA, Oracle) and Contract Management (CEMAR, Unifier).
- Must meet criteria for Security Vetting, which ordinarily requires UK residency for at least three of the past five years.
Skills
- Technology procurement
- Category strategies
- Complex commercial negotiations
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategic supplier relationship management
- Contract lifecycle management
- Commercial risk management
- Framework agreements
- MSAs
- Statements of work
- Multi-party contractual arrangements
- Commercial systems (eSourcing, Purchase to Pay, Contract Management)
Location
- London
- Manchester
- Suffolk
Work Type
- Permanent
- 12 months Fixed term
- Hybrid Working
Experience Level
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in commercial role with line management responsibility.
Education Level
- Graduate / post graduate qualification(s) related to Supply Chain or MCIPS accreditation is preferable.
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive depending on experience
Benefits
- 5% annual incentive bonus
- Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution
- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Clear progression and development opportunities
- Supportive, collaborative team environment
About the Company
- Sizewell C’s business is to design, finance, construct, commission, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission the nuclear power plant and related infrastructure at Sizewell C in Suffolk.
- Sizewell C is economically regulated by OFGEM under the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model similar to other UK electricity distribution networks and Thames Tideway.
- Sizewell C construction strategy is to replicate the design of Hinkley Point C, using the majority of the same supply chain, but innovating in the way it is delivered to achieve savings in time and cost of around 20%.
- Following Financial Completion and Revenue Commencement, Sizewell C is fully funded and is owned by; The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero representing HM Government, La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.
- Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK’s largest and most important energy projects.
Equal Opportunity
- At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work.
- It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK.
- Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.