Sourcing Manager

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Vattenfall Full time
About the Role

Vattenfall is seeking a highly skilled Sourcing Manager to join our team in the UK. As a key member of our Energy (Heat) and Networks (Distribution) Solutions businesses, you will play a crucial role in supporting our journey to become fossil-free.

Key Responsibilities
  • Purchase services and materials, considering cost-efficiency, timely provision, and required quality.
  • Tendering and negotiation of business needs in multiple categories (material/services) based on purchase requisitions' specifications.
  • Manage sourcing activities, internal approvals, and governance.
  • Ensure coordination with Project Management/Category Management/Contract Management from the outset.
  • Ensure compliance with internal and external policies, including commercial responsibility for mapping and sourcing strategies per Category.
  • Drive preparation and approval of tender documentation.
  • Lead communication with tenderers during sourcing phase.
  • Lead internal activities with Finance, Compliance, Risk Management, Social Responsibility, Insurance, Legal, and QHSE departments.
  • Manage and maintain supplier documentation.
  • Perform supply market review, support with supplier management.
  • Coordinate supplier selection based on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
  • Liaise with requesters to drive spend through preferred suppliers or existing Framework agreements.
  • Ensure competition and safeguard corporate interests, adhering to compliance and corporate guidelines.
  • Contract controlling and clarification of contract and service disruptions.
Requirements
  • Strategic thinker, effective communicator at senior level of the organization with great interpersonal skills, proven commercial mindset, and excellent ability to build networks.
  • Relevant technical or commercial education.
  • Experience with various types of procurement (Capex, Devex, Opex).
  • Experience within procurement and/or contract management preferably in renewables, oil and gas, or similar complex industries.
  • Recommended experience with Category sourcing structure regarding Heat Distribution, construction, or similar.
  • Strong analytic skills and profound commercial interest.
  • Performance and results-oriented.
  • Lead change management and drive change in an organization.
About Vattenfall

Vattenfall is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and services to support all our employees.

We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company, and we strive to be good role models regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability, or sexual orientation.

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