Procurement Manager

4 weeks ago


Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom Uniper Full time

The diverse procurement team at Uniper comprises 140 professionals from 28 different nationalities, spanning across four countries: the UK, Germany, Netherlands, and Sweden. Together, they manage an annual spend of 1.5 billion euros, strategically sourcing products and services across various categories.

We are Uniper

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy while ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect.

Your responsibilities

You will be part of the Procurement Solutions team based at Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottingham, which focuses on ensuring best value-for-money procurement and maximizing business and project value for our day-to-day business operations across the UK.

  • In this role, you will have the responsibility for low value/high volume tenders and purchase orders across the direct spend categories.
  • You will have overall sourcing responsibility for executing tenders, including supplier invitation & selection, negotiation, and implementation of supplier contracts.
  • Actively manage business stakeholders across all Uniper operations, locally and internationally.
  • Have close collaboration with the other Procurement functions; Business Solutions, Performance & Culture, and Digitalisation teams.
  • Perform day-to-day tasks, such as raising Purchasing orders in the relevant systems & tools; SAP, SAP Ariba.
  • Actively manage Uniper suppliers ensuring competitive contracts and reliable supplies.
  • Manage Contracts where required, including contract extensions.

Your profile

We are searching for a self-driven individual who is willing to learn and develop within the role of a Procurement Manager with the following profile:

  • Suitable experience in the energy industry and/or procurement/purchasing role would be a benefit.
  • Working towards or willing to start the CIPS qualification.
  • Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time and understanding when to prioritize.
  • Experience in using SAP, SAP Ariba or other and relevant ERP platforms would be a benefit.
  • Ability to manage and to sometimes challenge a wide range of stakeholders and their conflicting requirements.

Your qualities

At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension, and health-related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, while also supporting with home office equipment. Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualizing yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries. As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:

  • Competitive salary.
  • Personal development and learning opportunities.
  • Enhanced company pension – With up to 12% company contributions.
  • 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
  • Electric vehicle charging at our sites.
  • In-house Occupational Health Services.
  • Company-funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service.
  • Performance-related benefits.
  • Access to a range of flexible benefits such as Share Incentive Plan, Dental, Critical Illness, and Life Insurance, Cycle2Work or buy and sell extra holiday.
  • Future career opportunities (UK & International) with a strong focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted.



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