Procurement Manager - Southern Operations

Job Title: Procurement Manager

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Department:Procurement

Job Grade:

Job Type: Deliver

CareerFamily:Supply

Reportsto:VP Procurement North America

No Post Holders: 2 (1 x North / 1 x South)

Location: Flexible

Dateupdated:January 2023

Purpose:

• Support the VP Procurement North America in the successful operational delivery of the framework to support the overall procurement strategy.
• Develop and implement commercial sourcing strategies to maximise value while ensuring the right level of governance and risk management for own areas of responsibility
• Undertake effective tendering, negotiation, contract management and supplier relationships.
• Evaluate external spend in terms of risk, value and cost.
• Work collaboratively with internal colleagues ensuring procure to pay processes and policies are operating effectively.
• Manage supplier relationships to drive overall best value for Drax working closely with Supplier Relationship and Procurement Performance team/s

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Responsible for team management

Work closely with wider procurement team including Procurement Leads (UK & North America), Head of Supplier Performance & Relationships and Head of Procurement Performance

This is a Drax North America focused role:

• # Employees: 3,000
• Stakeholders: Regular comms and good relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Procurement spend is circa CAN $350m spend (Opex and Capex), 1000+ suppliers, US $500m (Opex and Capex) 500+ suppliers
• This role will manage individual supplier spend circa $10m annually

Key Accountabilities:

• Plan, manage and deliver strategic sourcing initiatives locally for Opex and Capex spend to support delivery of the required business strategies. Ensure early procurement engagement from business stakeholders
• Achieve agreed cost savings and non-financial targets to support Drax business strategy.

• Manage tender processes from specification/need identification through to contract award ensuring good Procure to Pay (P2P) regimes following contract award.
• Responsible for meeting key project procurement strategy milestones and delivering against mutually agreed timeframes and plans.
• Ensure compliance with relevant governance, regulatory requirements and legislation at all times.
• Providing advice and guidance where relevant to ensure best practice within the business.
• Ensure that sustainability (environmental, economic and social) risks and opportunities within the supply chain are part of overall decision-making process
• Supporting stakeholders with management of budgets and working closely with finance teams to support annual budgeting process.
• Provide valuable input into the procurement business plan annually
• Work with internal stakeholders to carefully manage the resulting cost base, performance and 3rd party relationships.
• Work closely with Procurement performance team to ensure data and reporting including monitoring external industry developments are effectively utilised.
• Lead, motivate, train and develop staff under own leadership and across the team to develop a highly capable team that consistently performs to a high level.
• Ensure own and teams high quality performance through mentoring and feedback
• Identifies and implements development opportunities for DR's and other procurement colleagues

Knowledge,SkillsandExperiencerequired:

• Strong technical procurement skills linked with ability to drive best practice and innovation
• Excellent negotiation skills and the ability to proactively challenge stakeholders and demand
• Develop creative solutions to complex business challenges
• Able to drive change into traditional stakeholder relationships and gather business support for new ways of working that create value for Drax.
• Has the ability to provide prompt, efficient and personalised service to stakeholders and business units at all levels to ensure that individual stakeholder needs are met and build productive relationships.
• High level of personal integrity and professionalism.
• A self-starter with a 'can do/will do' attitude who has the energy, drive and commitment to make things happen.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and geographies to form alignment.
• Excellent negotiation skills and the ability to proactively challenge stakeholders and demand
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels.
• Shows resilience and able to navigate complex challenges & deal with ambiguity.
• MCIPS/Project Management or similar qualification preferred
• World CC certification (previously IACCM) will be supported within role
• Post graduate qualification preferred but not essential

SpecialFeatures:

The role will require travel to various Drax sites

Measuresof Success:

• Maximises value while ensuring the right level of governance and risk management
• Maintain effective relationships across the numerous stakeholder groups.
• Have clear understanding of market forces, challenges and mitigations to delivery continuous reliable services for the business.
• Marked improvement in compliance with Procure to Pay processes and governance
• Clearly defined and agreed strategies in place for areas of responsibilities.

How You Need to Act:

• Wecareaboutwhatmatters- we help each other achieve the things that are important to each of us
• We'rea can-do kind of place - we're empowered and encouraged to make informed decisions, take action and do the right thing
• Weseethings differently- we share inspiration and insight right across Drax, and search for new ideas and ways of working
• Welistencarefully- we make sure that people feel genuinely heard, acknowledged and that what they say matters
• Wedowhatwe say we'll do - we're proactive, committed and reliable -and trust others to be the same

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