Thames Water
Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
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Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
This role will play an integral part, working with Commercial and Procurement colleagues and the wider business, in ensuring our supply chain plays a critical role to make sure that the capital programme is delivered to programme and budget. Thames Water’s supply chain strategy is based on collaborating with the supply chain to identify innovative and best practice solutions to meet business objectives.
Reporting to the Capital Procurement, this role will be expected to ensure compliance with Thames Water supply chain objectives and enhancing value by supporting the business to make informed decisions on sourcing requirements from in-scope spend areas.
What you’ll be doing as a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
Sourcing
- Developing Category wide sourcing approaches
- Leading strategy development for specific projects as allocated by the Capital Procurement Business Partner, in line with agreed category strategies
- Project management and prioritisation of several sourcing initiatives effectively through agile project delivery and problem-solving skills
- Leading a multi-disciplinary team through the procurement process with full internal Stakeholder engagement and following Thames Water sourcing methodology
Stakeholder Management
- Building deep and trusting relationships with Thames Water stakeholders with an ability to engage and influence at senior levels
- Working with stakeholders on the responsibilities for contract launch and prepare for handover to Contract Management for in-life management
- Development of effective relationships with the supply market which generate positive and value driven outcomes
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Communication
- Creating compelling, well-structured, accurate reports, documents and presentations and effectively deliver to all levels of the business (both internally and externally)
- Interactively tailoring the depth of communicated information for specific audiences and situations
Data and Reporting
- Ensuring timely and accurate reporting on the sourcing projects using available reporting tools
- Creating compelling, well-structured, accurate reports, documents and presentations and effectively deliver messages to all levels of Stakeholders (both internal and external)
Base location – Hybrid – Clear Water Court Reading RG1 8DB
Working pattern – Monday to Friday 36 hours
What you should bring to the role
To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need is:
- Extensive strategic sourcing experience
- Experience of managing multi-disciplinary project teams
- Engaging with internal stakeholders and the supply chain
- Some industry and business knowledge
- Track record in delivering against stretching targets
- Proven ability to manage external relationships and negotiate with suppliers
- Experience in leading supply chain project delivery
- Track record of delivery procurement value for money, cost efficiency and procurement innovation
- Good communication and stakeholder management skills
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Extra qualities that would be a great fit for our team:
- Efficiently managing spend and information gathering process by working with Business stakeholders, suppliers and third parties
- Skilled in supplier negotiations and dispute resolution
- Familiarity with Procurement Act 2023 (Utilities)
- Chartered Institute Purchasing and Supply – MCIPS
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary of up to £70,000 per annum depending on experience
- Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
- Car Allowance
- Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
- Generous Pension Scheme through AON
- Private Medical Health Care
- Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
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