Category Manager

at  Sweco UK

ABOUT THE @ONE ALLIANCE

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of eight partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.
We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.
We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.
With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.
We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOURS.

To be considered for this super Procurement career opportunity, you’ll hold a CIPS Professional standard and membership (or equivalent) and be experienced in a senior procurement/ sourcing role.
With the ability to handle a wide- range of demanding stakeholders, you’ll be resourceful and persuasive as you embrace collaboration and innovation to meet pressurised deadlines. You’ll be able to demonstrate solid leadership skills and champion integrity and accountability amongst the team. You’ll work with a transparent and commercial outlook with the customer at the heart of all your activities and be able to operate at a strategic level and bring this to life operationally.
If the opportunity to further your Procurement career with an industry- leading Alliance appeals as you add a wealth of exposure and skills to your professional profile, please apply today!

Reporting to the Head of Procurement, your role is to support and develop the Portfolio and procurement strategies aligned to the business Outcomes. This strategic role will be based on the development and the outperformance of our strategic partners and non- framework supply chain during the execution of both project and portfolio requirements.
The overall challenge of this role is to outperform against the Procurement “Whitebook” initiative by driving efficiencies through strong negotiation, leadership, and supply chain management.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop, Monitor and implement sourcing agreement with Anglian Water.
• Aggregate demand based on the business needs whilst driving “Best for Task” and innovation through the supply chain.
• Develop and implement SMART objectives/ KPM’s with our supply chain partners to support Delivery on Time and mitigate any potential risks to the business.
• Develop extensive knowledge of the markets in which your category operates within and appropriately monitor market risks (financial and capacity.)
• Implement regular 360 review meetings with all stakeholders to evaluate current performance across the Alliance and assess where value added initiatives can be implemented from within the supply chain.
• Engage and support the solution team to ensure the right supply chain is available to outperform against the delivery and procurement strategy.
• Ensure all commercial requirements are submitted and audited to maximse on our overall commercial performance within the Alliance.
• Ensure SHEA processes and procedure s are implements throughout all deliverables.