Job Description

Are you an IT Procurement professional? Do you want to work for a FTSE 100 company that champions personal development and is one of the market leaders driving the UK to net zero?

Job Purpose

There\'s never been a more exciting time to join National Grid\'s Global IT & Digital Procurement function. We are an expanding team of 20 talented professionals with a clear mission: to enable a clean, fair, and affordable energy future through commercial, responsible, and innovative supply chain leadership.

We are a recruiting a number of IT Category Lead roles that will span our Hardware, Software Networks & Telecommunications, Professional Services and Infrastructure Management teams.

Working as a Category Lead you\'ll be responsible for supporting the delivery of medium complexity strategic sourcing events and category strategies. This will involve engaging and building strong working relationships with stakeholders to identify business needs and then ensuring we understand the supply chains so we can offer the best solutions for National Grid.

You\'ll become part of a Global IT & Digital Procurement team, that is based in the UK and USA. The team deals with acquiring products, services and solutions across various categories that include Infrastructure, Digital Services, Networks and Telecoms, Software and Hardware.

In this role you can showcase your creativity and commercial acumen and identify opportunities to drive value and deliver the net zero ambition. You can also build relationships and partner with the business to secure supply and manage demand, working with the supply chain to drive innovation, exploring new markets and technologies, and driving sustainability and social value.

About you

At National Grid we invest in people and value difference and therefore we encourage you to apply if you can demonstrate the following:

• Practical experience in supporting development and delivery of IT category or IT sourcing strategies and management of tendering events
• Can confidently communicate, engage, and build strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Effective project management skills.
• Can collate and organise data, analyse commercial issues and bring insight to the detail of costs and contracts.
• Can navigate their own way through a complex organisation and effectively solve problems.
• Are proactive with a positive attitude and desire to learn.
• Demonstrate role model behaviours by evidencing \'finding a better way\', \'doing the right thing\' and \'making it happen\' values.
• A passion for enabling an affordable net zero and are motivated to make a difference.
• A CIPS qualification or working towards is beneficial but we can support professional development.

If you can help us deliver new solutions that work for our customers and support the energy transition, then this is the perfect opportunity for you!

What we can offer you

• A competitive salary of from \xc2\xa339,000 up to \xc2\xa349,500, dependent on capability and experience.
• Annual bonus based on personal and company performance.
• A generous pension scheme - we double match your contribution up to 12%.
• 26 days\' annual leave plus the option to buy / sell up to 5 days per year.
• Life insurance - 10 x annual salary
• Flexible benefits (National Grid Share Incentive Plan, Salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, Support via employee assistance lines, Matched charity plus many more)
• Induction training on our core Procurement processes and support with regular ongoing learning and personal development including CIPS membership
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave - so long as it\'s relevant to your role
• Generous family friendly policies and family care benefits
• Access to numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing
• Opportunity to be part of our Employee Resource groups

Further information

Location: As part of our hybrid working approach where colleagues work flexibly, these roles offer a mix of office working in Warwick and home working.

Closing Date: 23 July 2023

We are keen to have great people join our team and will be progressing to interviews quickly for those that meet the requirements of the role. Therefore, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process. #LI-HYBRID #LI-SC1

About National Grid

National Grid is an energy company driven by a clear purpose: We Bring Energy to Life. Every day we play a vital role for society by connecting millions of people to the energy they use safely, reliably, and efficiently. But more than that - we are also part of delivering a clean energy revolution desperately needed to tackle climate change. So, every day we strive towards our vision of being at the heart of a clean, fair, and affordable energy future.

We are committed to being a diverse, equitable, inclusive organisation that is representative of the communities we serve and where each person can contribute and feel valued, reach their full potential and where inclusion is everyone\'s responsibility.

Best of all, our people say they are proud to work for National Grid and that it is a great place to work. They know what they do matters for society and they can make a difference. We have a strong focus on personal development, wellbeing, inclusion and belonging. And it\'s not all work\xe2\x80\xa6 we have fun, care for and look out for each other whilst forming strong friendships and affinities through active social networks & employee resource groups.

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