Category Manager – IT

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EPUKI

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EPUK Investments Ltd (EPUKI) is the UK division of Energetický a průmyslový holdings (EPH), a leading energy group of over 70 companies that owns and operates assets across Europe. EPH group employs circa 25,000 people internationally, owns €16.7bn of assets, generating €8.6bn of revenue and an EBITDA of €2.1bn.

501 - 1000 employees

📋 Description

• Working with the business to source and procure a wide range of required goods and services, with primary focus being IT and Indirect services, ensuring optimal value for money within defined service and quality criteria. • Ensuring that the EPUKI procurement processes are followed to seek and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for the supply of goods and service, which will involve negotiating with suppliers on all commercial and contractual matters to achieve optimal levels of value versus risk. • Identifying opportunities for synergies across the EP portfolio and to add improvements to the “bottom line” through cost savings or process change whilst promoting continual improvement in all aspects of the Procurement function. • Managing supplier relationships, coordinating multiple stakeholder interfaces across EPUKI to ensure a consistent and collaborative approach. • Identifying and implementing supplier improvement actions and operate 360 feedback processes and seeking to resolve contractual and supplier disputes as and when they occur. • Understanding and adhering to the company and department standards, policies and procedures. • Developing and maintaining strong and positive working relationships with internal stakeholders, ensuring that requirements are understood and addressed whilst seeking to promote the Procurement function as a positive enabler and an integral partner to the EPUKI business. • Operating and maintaining required systems to support and improve the Procurement function. • Working closely with the HSEQ teams to ensure that the EPUKI supply chain is safe and delivers quality goods and services. • Other procurement and supply chain tasks that are required from time to time.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience in IT / Indirect procurement, with the enthusiasm and ability to coach and upskill colleagues in category management principles, ensuring knowledge is effectively transferred across the team. • Evidence of managing a procurement whole life cycle, ensuring that any value created in the negotiations stages is delivered through contract delivery. • Working knowledge of key contractual terms. • Experience of drafting, negotiating and managing a variety of complex contracts and commercial risks. • Qualified to degree level, or equivalent, in a relative discipline (desirable). • Minimum CIPS level 4 achieved, working towards level 6 (desirable). • Full driving licence.