Sourcing and Contract Management Buyer

Novo-K Limited

Job Title: Sourcing & Contract Management Hub Buyer

Reports to – Sourcing & Contract Management Hub Manager

National Gas’s Mission:

National Gas is the backbone of Britain’s Energy System and will play a leading role in the transition to a clean energy future. To support this transition Procurement is changing. A new operating model is being implemented that will place business partnering, supplier relationships, efficiency & value at the centre of what National Gas do and what they stand for.

National Gas are growing their procurement team and are seeking individuals who will work in collaboration with the market and their suppliers, to contribute to a clean energy future for everyone through strategic, commercial and sustainable leadership in all their procurement efforts.

Procurement will be leading the way in supporting the organisations mission to develop the hydrogen transmission system of tomorrow.

Job Description:

Support lower value and lower risk sourcing and contract management activities for assigned spend categories. Key activities will include spend data analysis, supply market research, identification and qualification of potential vendors, preparation of tender documentation, management of competitive sourcing processes, analysis of bidder responses, negotiation, contract award and contract mobilisation.

Job Responsibilities:

• On behalf of the Category and Project teams deliver sourcing projects with associated savings and other
• Run the most suitable end to end sourcing process related to the nature of the This may include identification of potential suppliers, market.
• research, production of tender documentation, management of RFx timelines, supplier evaluation, negotiation and contract
• Deliver the highest value (typically £100k – £250k) and highest complexity sourcing event types within the scope of the Hub including single contracts, framework call-offs and contract extensions, based on workload allocated by the Hub Manager and in line with the agreed threshold matrix.
• Ensure work delivered is aligned with Category
• Carry out contract management activities for a portfolio of suppliers on behalf of the category teams (this will include a mixture of tracking contract obligations and performance metrics, and discreet contract performance improvements), focusing on higher value, higher complexity frameworks /
• Qualify changes required to contracts, communicating effectively with the relevant Category Lead the need and details of the change, planning for the contract change and implementing with support from the Category Lead as
• Communicate with suppliers to ensure a closed loop between business stakeholders, suppliers and
• Support organisation-wide procedures for governance, risk and compliance management that manage, mitigate and minimise risks to National
• Coach and support junior members of the Sourcing & Contract Management Hub team
• Flexibility to support and undertake any other duties according to the needs of the Procurement function, including management and delivery of tactical sourcing and analytics work as required

Job Requirements:

• Experience of running sourcing and contract management processes across a variety of category areas and may include specialist knowledge of particular
• Commercial mindset and acumen to ensure National Gas receive best value from commercial
• Willingness and ability to gather personal experience and knowledge on commercial landscape, procurement processes, regulations and practice for the relevant (sub)
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a

Core Skills:

• Negotiation, contract drafting, commercial acumen and contract management knowledge –

Functional Skills:

• Tender process management and scheduling – intermediate
• MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word – intermediate

Considerations:

• Base: Warwick
• Car: No
• Travel: Low