Procurement Category Specialist - Metering

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We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.  
  

About your team: 

You’ll be working centrally within our mission control room, aka Centrica’s group functions. From Finance and Data Science, to our Wellbeing and People teams - this is the engine of our energy system, where our various Centres of Excellence power up each of our brilliant businesses, ensuring they have all the support, technologies, and capabilities they need to get our customers to Net Zero by 2050.

An opportunity to play your part - The Procurement Category Specialist is a pivotal role within Procurement ensuring that value, compliance, and efficiency for procuring goods and services is delivered to the Centrica business. The role reports directly into the Sourcing Manager and will work closely with other members of the team. The role will involve interactions with internal stakeholders and external third parties and enables Procurement to be perceived as an integrated, positive, significant and value adding partner by enabling stakeholders to procure efficiently (value, quality and speed) whilst balancing risk and reward.

Location: Hybrid working with occasional travel to office

The day to day:

• Source and procure goods and services across expenditure categories, ensuring value for money within service and quality criteria.

• Ensure demand aligns with business needs.

• Manage individual workflow, including daily closing of activities and end-to-end cycle time.

• Identify and manage or escalate blockages.

• Lead spend management initiatives, directing sourcing requests to applicable buying channels (P Card, Smart Buy spot buy).

• Understand risks, cultures, and risk deployments in different markets and industries.

• Deliver Fast Buy service in line with SLAs and KPIs.

• Understand playbook structure and content.

• Partner with legal, regulatory, ethics, and compliance to align Global Centrica initiatives within Procurement sourcing processes.

• Support drafting, negotiating, and obtaining agreement to commercial contracts, minimizing operational and commercial risks using standard terms and templates.

• Focus on cost-saving targets and total acquisition costs, working closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

• Ensure higher value outcomes by evaluating all options.

• Identify and implement e-sourcing techniques and e-technologies to increase commercial value and process efficiency.

• Identify and escalate operational and regulatory risks.

About You

• Participate in the delivery of the Group Sourcing and Contracting performance contract.

• Experience in a procurement role within a global, complex matrix organisation.

• Effective use of the collaborative value management tool.

• Programmatic delivery using six sigma, lean, and scrum methodologies.

• Strong engagement and influencing skills across functions and with stakeholders.

• Ability to challenge internal stakeholders with strong market knowledge and latest trends.

• Understand future risks and impacts on Centrica, taking appropriate mitigating actions.

• Commercial know-how: managing for value, market expertise, understanding Centrica and our customers.

• Understand procurement needs and workflows (RFx, contracting, etc.)

• Knowledge of specific sub-categories, e-auctions, and procurement buying channels

• Degree educated or relevant work experience.

• Experience influencing stakeholders, networking, and managing conflict.

• Self-directed, proactive, flexible, resilient, motivated, and results-oriented

What's in it for you?

• Enjoy a generous market salary, along with fantastic growth opportunities and a vibrant work environment!

• ​Power up your pay with a 15% Employee Energy Allowance, surpassing the government's price cap!

• Secure your future with our comprehensive pension plan, designed for peace of mind.

• Elevate your health with our fully-funded company healthcare plan, prioritizing your well-being.

• Recharge with a generous 25-day holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and even purchase up to 5 extra days for extended relaxation!

• Experience unparalleled work-life balance with an exceptional selection of flexible benefits, from tech treats and eco-friendly car leases to travel insurance for your adventures!

Why should you apply?   
  
We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you.  
  
https://www.morethanacareer.energy/centrica

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

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