TechnipFMC
Regional Indirect Category Manager UK/NOR
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TechnipFMC
TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as equal opportunities, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 21,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go.
Job Purpose
We are currently looking for a Regional Indirect Category Manager to join our team. The role can be based in the UK (Dunfermline, Aberdeen or Newcastle) or Norway (Kongsberg or Bergen).
The Regional Indirect Category Manager is responsible for developing and managing the strategies for their assigned categories & subcategories. Through impactful cost management, innovative business solutions, and improved process efficiency, this role will enable the business to achieve outstanding operational and financial results.
This role will be responsible for collaborating both regionally and globally to develop and implement subcategory strategies and requires strong project management skills and the ability to collaborate with and influence others to effectively drive change in the company.
The role will directly support UK and Norway internal stakeholders, with a focus on sourcing strategy development, contract negotiations, and supplier performance and relationship management.
Job Description
Strategy Development
- Develops and implements sourcing strategies for specific subcategories and ensure they align globally.
- Identifies cost-saving opportunities, improving efficiency, and managing risks.
- Designs and executes large scale tenders to maximize spend leverage at the appropriate level (regionally).
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Supplier Relationship Management
- Owns the supplier relationship and be responsible for the governance and action plans required to effectively manage those relationships.
- Negotiates contracts, and ensures suppliers meet their contractual obligations.
- Identifies and assesses potential new suppliers.
Market Analysis
- Conducts market research to understand trends, identify potential new suppliers, and assess risks and opportunities in the supply market.
Cost Management
- Works to reduce costs and improve efficiencies.
- Negotiates better prices, finds more efficient suppliers, or implements new programs or processes to reduce or eliminate operational waste.
Stakeholder Management
- Partners with stakeholders to integrate sourcing and procurement earlier into the source to pay process.
- Aligns category strategies with business needs to ensure category strategy compliance.
- Ensures alignment and support to Global Category Managers.
Training and Development
- Acts as a mentor, coach and leader within the team.
A member of the “help chain”
- Handles and resolves conflicts which may arise with stakeholders and suppliers to maintain the strategy, stakeholder and supplier relationships while preventing business disruptions.
Champion safety, quality, delivery and cost with suppliers
- Ensures requirements are met consistently.
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You Are Meant For This Job If
- Strong experience required in sourcing and procurement.
- MCIPS qualified or equivalent relevant degree/qualification (preferred).
- Self-directed, able to prioritize/manage a high level of issues and tasks, and work in a team-oriented environment.
- Ability to analyze data and market trends to make informed decisions about suppliers and products/services.
- Very strong interpersonal skills. The ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, influence change, and to “open doors” are essential for success.
- Supplier contracting experience. Knowledge of key sections, common red line areas and reasonable fallback positions.
- Basic understanding of the financial cost structure associated with a supply chain.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- High level of attention to detail.
- Have a lean mindset with the ability to review and transform processes using lean problem-solving methodology to eliminate waste and improve the way we work.
Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matters and we encourage you to add to our culture.
TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain.
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