Category Manager

3 hours ago

Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom E Gruppe Full time
Job Title: Category Manager

This role comes with a salary of £66,660-£79,595 along with a market-leading benefits package.

We are recruiting individuals to support the delivery of our B2B and B2C solutions covering categories such as Electric Vehicle networks, Low Carbon Heating, Solar PV, Highways Lighting, City Decarbonisation schemes, and large-scale energy solution projects (Solar PV, Heat Pumps, Wind, and Battery).

We are also recruiting individuals with expertise in Digital Technology, including DT infrastructure, software, and applications.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Knowing the Market: Understand the supply market for your categories to effectively mitigate risk, develop partnerships, and deliver innovation.
  • Tendering: Lead the end-to-end sourcing process, from demand analysis to supplier implementation, in close collaboration with key stakeholders.
  • Drive Savings and Efficiency: Help identify and achieve targets for savings, value, and efficiency across assigned categories and business areas.
  • Support Contract Management: Provide commercial, contractual, and vendor management advice to stakeholders to support the mitigation of risks through implementation of corrective actions.
Requirements:
  • Is an Experienced Procurement Professional: You will have a minimum of 10 years' experience in relevant commercial roles.
  • Is Bold and Confident: You're not afraid to take risks and push boundaries.
  • Embraces Innovation: You're always looking for new ways to improve and have a strong digital mindset.
  • Thinks Strategically: You can connect the dots and plan tactically to achieve short and long-term goals.
What We Offer:

Our market-leading benefits package includes 26 days holiday + bank holidays, a generous pension scheme, life cover, bonus, and the chance to choose from 20 flexible benefits with tax and/or NI savings. In fact, our benefits package recently won the Personnel Today Reward, Recognition, and Benefits Award 2022.

We are committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, and fairness for everyone. We realise the best people bring their energy at different times, so we're happy to talk flexible working and offer a range of flexible working options, including full-time, part-time, and job share.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We have exciting opportunities for everyone to develop their talent at E. Our open access, inclusive talent networks provide networking, learning, and development for all, building your skills, qualifications, and capabilities throughout your career.

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