EDF Energy - Hinkley Point C
Strategic Sourcing Manager (Sizewell C)
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Strategic Sourcing Manager Sizewell C
Location: London, Bristol, Suffolk or Manchester, hybrid basis with travel required.
Contract: Permanent, full-time.
Closing Date: Sunday 11th October 2026
What’s in It for You
- Salary: circa £65,000 per annum, depending on experience
- Bonus: 5% annual incentive
- Pension: Up to 7.5% employee / 15% employer contribution
- Leave: 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
Your Impact
The Strategic Sourcing Manager will lead the implementation of effective category management across the Sizewell C Site Delivery function and the wider project. The role is responsible for developing and coordinating robust category strategies and implementing the appropriate commercial frameworks to drive supply chain innovation, productivity, and long-term value for the project.
Working closely with multi-disciplinary stakeholders—including Project Managers, Finance, and Project Controls—the Strategic Sourcing Manager will ensure that all procurements are delivered in full compliance with Sizewell C’s Acquire Goods and Services (AGS) processes and procedures. The role will manage high-value and complex procurements, including contracts valued £100m and above.
Given the scale and strategic importance of these procurements, the Strategic Sourcing Manager must be highly commercially astute, able to influence and engage senior stakeholders, and capable of securing best-value outcomes that support the successful delivery of the Sizewell C project.
Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions
Reporting into the Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, your accountabilities will include:
- Development of category strategies based on value and complexity, which align to organizational priorities, market conditions, and business needs
- Ensure category strategies are aligned to the strategic sourcing pipeline and agreed with the Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
- Leading the end-to-end procurement process to deliver the category strategy outcomes (from Expression of Interest (EOI), Pre-Qualification (PQQ), Invitation to Tender (ITT), and commercial contract negotiations)
- Identifying/reporting strategic objectives and cost reduction targets against addressable spend. Capturing best practice through benefits case studies highlighting improved safety, increased productivity, performance, innovation, and efficiencies
- Responsible for identifying and delivering savings / efficiencies both in terms of cost and productivity
- Contribute towards carbon reduction initiatives linked to opportunities highlighted in category strategies and through other Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) led workstreams
- Promote and enhance use of social value / social enterprises wherever possible through tender activity and contractual commitments
- Ensuring the end-to-end procurement process adheres to the AGS and Signature of Contract (SOC) deadlines including accurate and timely reporting of key milestones
- Building the supply market analysis; investigating supply chain capability to identify emerging innovations and improvement opportunities to shape the development of category strategies
- Facilitating the strategy approval and AGS governance process through each stage gate review
- Facilitating the implementation of category strategies through strategic Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and supplier development once strategies and frameworks are in place
- Work in cross-functional teams, collaborating with functions such as finance, legal, operations, technical, supply chain to develop and deliver effective procurement strategies and sourcing outcomes
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- Extensive strategic sourcing / category management development and implementation experience across high-value, complex supply chain categories
- Experience in leading end-to-end procurement cycles within a regulated environment
- Strong stakeholder influencing skills across various levels of seniority
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and adherence to governance processes
- Strong negotiating, influencing, and communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
- Management skills with a track record of development within teams
- Strong oral and written presentation skills
- Demonstrable understanding of collaborative working with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities effectively
Desirable
- Construction or Nuclear experience
- NEC contract experience
- Complex infrastructure project experience
Qualifications & Experience
- MCIPS accreditation or working towards accreditation or similar
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For this role you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability, or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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