What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Buyer, Category Management position at National Grid?
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 several IT Assistant Category Lead roles that will span our Hardware, Software Networks & Telecommunications, Professional Services, and Infrastructure Management teams.
Working as an Assistant Category Lead, you'll be responsible for supporting Category Leads / Senior Category Leads, and the delivery of low 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.
It's important for this role that you understand and have experience of the sourcing / tendering process, but we can help support and grow your IT knowledge.
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.
At National Grid we invest in people and and therefore we encourage you to apply if you can demonstrate the following:
- Understanding or experience of Category Management, strategic sourcing, agile product delivery, contract negotiations and commercial management
- Have a passion for enabling an affordable net zero and are motivated to make a difference.
- Are proactive with a positive attitude and desire to learn.
- Can confidently communicate, engage and build strong working relationships with stakeholders
- Have an understanding of project management principles and able to manage multiple projects
- Able to collate and organise data and enjoy the detail of costs and contracts.
- Demonstrate role model behaviours by evidencing 'finding a better way', 'doing the right thing' and 'making it happen' values.
- MBA, MS, CIPS Level 5 (Advanced Diploma) preferred. Successful completion of professional negotiation coursework preferred.
- An equivalent combination of education and extensive subject matter expertise along with procurement experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education requirements listed above
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!
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Annual Salary
NYC: $63,000-$74,000
MA: $59,000-$69,000
SYR: $53,000-$62,000
Salary commensurate with experience and location.
National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.
Salary : $63,000 - $74,000