Senior Category Manager

Senior Category Manager

Role Description

This is an excellent opportunity for someone wishing to join an award-winning procurement team responsible for £180m of contracts annually.

NI Water provides water and wastewater services for all of Northern Ireland. As a member of the Procurement Team you can make a real difference to your community by supporting these vital services.

The Senior Category Manager will be a key member of a highly effective management team. You will possess leadership, influence, business sense and sourcing expertise to support your procurement categories. You'll take full ownership of your category plans and sourcing strategies to directly support top management decisions and deliver on the bottom line.

If you have an eye for detail, enjoy working with people and want to see the difference you can make at work apply now to take your next step as a procurement leader.

There is one role available with responsibility for the Networks Maintenance, Waste Management and Leakage categories.

Please refer to the Candidate Brief below for further details of role responsibilities.

Candidates MUST be able to demonstrate in their application and where necessary at interview that they meet the following, essential criteria:

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

1. A 3rd level qualification (HNC, HND or Degree) and at least of 3 years’ experience of working on tenders (exceeding £350k) to a successful outcome to include specification development, negotiation and bid evaluation.

Or

2. at least of 5 years’ experience of working on complex tenders (exceeding £1m) to a successful outcome to include specification development, negotiation and bid evaluation.

And

3. Membership of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS) or commitment to work towards achieving this within 3 years of being in post.

4. A minimum of 2 years’ experience of line management, including staff development, objective setting and performance reviews.

5. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and proven experience of interpreting and presenting data to making informed decisions.

6. Be able to demonstrate effective stakeholder management at a senior level.

What is on Offer

Salary

This role offers a competitive remuneration package with a salary scale of £39,740 to £48,570 per annum

The starting salary will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Location

Westland, 40 Old Westland Road, Belfast, BT14 6TE.

What we Offer

• Generous annual leave and public/privilege holidays
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Hybrid Working (applicable to some of our roles after three months following onboarding and training)
• Occupational sick pay
• Employee assistance programmes
• Cycle to work scheme
• One of the largest corporate volunteering schemes in NI
• Award winning health and wellbeing programme which focuses on supporting four key area of employee health; Physical, Mental, Social and Financial

How to Apply

To submit your application, please click APPLY NOW.

For additional information about the role please download a Candidate Brief from the Additional Documents section below.

Closing date for submission of Applications: Monday 19th February 2024 at 10am.

Interview date(s): Wednesday 28th February 2024, Thursday 29th February 2024.