Senior Category Manager

Jigsaw Search’s client, Endeavour Energy is the second largest state-owned energy corporation in NSW. Every day they distribute electricity to over 2.1 million people in households and businesses across the Greater Western Sydney, the Illawarra, and the Southern Highlands of NSW as well as the state of Queensland.

The Role

Position Duties

• Proactively engage the business to define medium to long term forecasts of work, associated bills of material and requirements.
  
• Create, implement and monitor category management plans for defined categories. Including but not limited to spend analysis, opportunity identification, global/national/local supply market analysis, alliances/panel/partnerships relationships and sourcing strategies.
  
• Challenge commercial and demand requirements, assessing fitness for purpose and alignment with supply market capability.
  
• Recommend a go to market strategy based on market analysis and business requirements to deliver the best value for money outcomes.
  
• Assess suppliers’ eligibility for inclusion in the Supplier Quality Register and ensure suppliers possess the required capability, including without limitation OH&S, environmental and quality accreditations.
  
• Act as prime commercial contract management lead on strategic contracts and co-ordinate performance assessment. Conduct commercial negotiations in support of contract variations to major strategic contracts.
  
• With the business, establish key performance indicators and a performance review program for engaged suppliers.
  
• Track and report benefits and saving outcomes based on implemented sourcing strategies.
  
• Maintain relationships with strategic suppliers to identify areas of improvement and to drive innovative solutions and ways of working with the business.
  
• Provide input in to procurement policy and procedure formulation.
  
• Contribute to the development of strategic sourcing methodology & analysis tools.
  
• Provide leadership and direct to Analysts in terms of day-to-day activities, research and market analysis. Assist with there ongoing professional development and skill enhancement.
  

Skills & Experience Required 

• Extensive (5-7 years) procurement experience in sourcing and procurement, with at least 2 years spent in a senior category management role.
  
• Strong Communication Skills.
  
• Strong Negotiation Skills.
  
• Stakeholder Engagement Skills.
  
• Tender Management / Strategic Sourcing expertise.