Category Manager - IT

Category Manager - IT

An opportunity has arisen for us to recruit a Category Manager - IT at EPUKI on a remote basis with occasional travel. The successful candidate will have proven IT / Indirect procurement experience and will work with the business to ensure that value is maximised from third party contracts, whilst minimising risk and operating in a framework of EPUKI policies and processes. The role works closely with other members of the Procurement team and internal stakeholders, and is a key interface between the EP businesses and external third parties.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Procurement Manager, the key responsibilities and duties include :

• Working with the business to source and procure a wide range of required goods and services, with primary focus being IT and Indirect services, ensuring optimal value for money within defined service and quality criteria.
• Ensuring that the EPUKI procurement processes are followed to seek and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for the supply of goods and service, which will involve negotiating with suppliers on all commercial and contractual matters to achieve optimal levels of value versus risk.
• Identifying opportunities for synergies across the EP portfolio and to add improvements to the "bottom line" through cost savings or process change whilst promoting continual improvement in all aspects of the Procurement function.
• Managing supplier relationships, coordinating multiple stakeholder interfaces across EPUKI to ensure a consistent and collaborative approach.
• Identifying and implementing supplier improvement actions and operate 360 feedback processes and seeking to resolve contractual and supplier disputes as and when they occur.
• Understanding and adhering to the company and department standards, policies and procedures.
• Developing and maintaining strong and positive working relationships with internal stakeholders, ensuring that requirements are understood and addressed whilst seeking to promote the Procurement function as a positive enabler and an integral partner to the EPUKI business.
• Operating and maintaining required systems to support and improve the Procurement function.
• Working closely with the HSEQ teams to ensure that the EPUKI supply chain is safe and delivers quality goods and services.
• Other procurement and supply chain tasks that are required from time to time.

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About EP UK Investments Ltd

EPUK Investments Ltd (EPUKI) is the UK division of Energetick a pr?myslov holding (EPH), a leading energy group of over 70 companies that owns and operates assets across Europe. EPH group employs circa 24,000 people internationally, owns 30.5bn of assets, generating 37.1bn of revenue and an EBITDA of 4.3bn.

EPUKI was established in 2015 as the strategic platform for expanding the EPH group into the UK energy market. Since launching, EPUKI has made several acquisitions and developed a number of new opportunities and now owns multiple renewable and flexible power generating assets in the UK and Ireland.

EPUKI has grown rapidly to revenues ~3.5bn and EBITDA ~300m. We pride ourselves on an entrepreneurial culture and flat leadership structure where individuals (wherever they are in the organisation) can make a real impact on our business.

Our aim is to enable the UK and Ireland low carbon transition through provision of flexible and reliable energy supply. To achieve this, we will :

EPUKI is one of the largest independent generators in the UK and Ireland, with an asset base that covers multiple technologies and a range of revenue streams; these include fully merchant baseload and peaking plant and index traded baseload plants, providing a range of system services across the energy and balancing spectrum.

Despite its significant market presence, EPUKI has a flat structure with fast paced decision-making ability enabling better optimisation of market positions. The market continues to evolve and develop as the UK and Irish governments drive towards Net Zero with increasing challenges of renewables penetration, introduction of hydrogen and other new technologies.