Senior Buyer, Category Management

About us

To deliver multiple strategic sourcing events within their portfolio, working with stakeholders to understand and challenge demand, setting sourcing strategy and delivering events from market engagement through to award. To manage contracts to ensure the successful delivery of contracted activities, identifying continuous improvement opportunities through engagement with suppliers and stakeholders, and maximizing value for money from contracts awarded.

• Profile category characteristics, researches supply markets, suppliers and assesses trends, opportunities and risks.
• Deliver value by effectively managing tender events for key products required by the business.
• Lead engagement of key stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Support supplier relationship management and contract relationship management.
• Promote a positive safety culture through visible proactive, consistent and influential behaviors.
• Keep the company safe by co-operating with others to ensure a coordinated approach to promote a clear understanding of each party's duties, roles and responsibilities for safety and wellbeing.
• Support the overall development and delivery of assigned category strategy and share best practice across other category teams (as appropriate).
• Role model excellence in procurement standards, taking a proactive role in mentoring and providing guidance to Buyers and Associate Buyers to ensure best-in-class methodologies are adopted and utilized across National Grid Procurement.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent

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