Category Manager - IT

Salary: Competitive depending on experience

Bonus: 5% annual incentive

Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution

Leave: 28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Hybrid Working: Typically, 2–3 days in the office per week, with flexibility based on business needs

The ‘Category Manager – IT & Digital’ is responsible for identifying and leading commercial delivery against agreed procurement strategies, predominantly across the IT and Digital portfolio. Strong experience in developing and implementing technology procurement and category strategies and leading on complex commercial negotiations. Ability to influence and challenge through effective stakeholder engagement with SZC digital leaders. Managing strategic supplier relationships and ensuring robust governance throughout the contract lifecycle, whilst also providing guidance and direction to Procurement colleagues working within the IT & Digital Commercial Team.

Our Commercial IT & Digital team plays a key role in enabling delivery and construction to support one of the UK's largest and most exciting infrastructure projects. The Category Manager is a key role in shaping successful delivery of commercially robust contracts, acting at the commercial conduit for IT & Digital category(s) assigned to them and will be required to work collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels and across SZC. Ensuring that the requirements are met through successful commercial delivery in line with Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model, nuclear licence and financing requirements.

Leading and developing procurement professionals through effective line management, coaching, succession planning, recruitment, onboarding and performance development.

Supporting major business and transformation programmes through commercial leadership, stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration to achieve business objectives.

Developing, implementing and delivering against long term category strategies which have been agreed with the business whilst ensuring delivery against SZC values and strategy.

Leading on delivery of complex tender activities, from inception through to contract execution, implementation, and supplier performance throughout the contract lifecycle.

Consistently delivering against key Procurement metrics, such as cost savings, SLAs and reporting requirements as required.

Act as cost consciousness of the business, effectively owning end-to-end management of commercial risk.

Leading complex, high-value commercial engagements, and negotiations, including framework agreements, MSAs, statements of work and multi-party contractual arrangements.

Providing commercial leadership across key strategic IT suppliers, managing senior stakeholder relationships, and acting as the primary escalation point for commercial matters.

Navigating and leading governance activities, including approvals, papers, delegated authority requirements, and Digital assurance processes.

Enable delivery of contracts in accordance with SZC governance requirements to meet SZC Project and business objectives.

Reporting to Commercial Lead – IT & Digital.

Line Management of 3 Assistant Commercial Managers.

A major infrastructure project with national impact

Hybrid working with flexibility built in

Competitive salary, bonus and benefits

Clear progression and development opportunities

Supportive, collaborative team environment

Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences.

Be open to other’s points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise.

Positively challenge poor quality and performance.

Identify solutions at the lowest possible level.

Encourage others to bring new ideas forward.

Value the rules and environment in which we operate.

Give and receive feedback with respect.

Embrace and engage with new people and ideas.

One team, working closely together and helping each other.

Empowered teams always looking forward.

Shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes.

Communicate clearly and consistently.

Promote collaboration and team alignment.

Clearer and faster decision making.

Drive simplification at all levels.

If this sounds like the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today.

When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.

At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.

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