Senior Process & Systems Manager
- Employer
- Southern Water
- Location
- Worthing, West Sussex
- Salary
- £70,000
- Closing date
- 25 Feb 2025
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- Specialist Area
- Purchasing, supply (main), Buying, Procurement
- Job Level
- Manager
- Sector
- Housing, Private sector, Energy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- CIPS Membership
- CIPS member, Non CIPS member
Job Details
Job Overview
Reporting to the Head of Procurement Excellence and Sustainability, this role will be responsible for providing expert knowledge on procurement processes and systems. The successful candidate will contribute to the design, development, implementation, operation and optimisation of procurement systems. This position involves managing a team and will work closely with other disciplines such as finance, water, wastewater and customer to ensure effective collaboration and efficient delivery of services.
The role supports the Head of Procurement Excellence & Sustainability by managing a team to deliver:
- Effective processes and intuitive systems that ensure successful delivery of the Company’s procurement requirements.
- Accurate and timely reporting & analytics capability.
- Supporting a tactical, spot-buy buying desk to triage, direct and support adhoc company needs and answer queries.
- Implementation of new procurement technologies, planning and oversight of any subsequent technology implementation
- A focus on driving procurement excellence across the Procurement function and wider Southern Water business through optimisation of procurement processes, aligned to regulatory and company requirements, facilitated by intuitive procurement systems.
About You
- You will be an expert in procurement processes & technologies and experienced in defining the benefits of procurement technology.
- Have extensive experience in Procurement processes (including P2P) and transactional processes.
- Experience of procurement in a regulated environment and demonstrated knowledge of key legislation.
- Demonstrated experience of successful use of S2P and eProcurement suites.
- Supplier management expertise/experience.
- Experience in implementation of process improvements; process improvement accreditation desirable.
- Experience working in utilities desirable.
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (and/or qualified by demonstrable experience).
- Relevant professional procurement qualification desirable e.g. CIPS.
Package
This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington office and home. We are offering a salary of up to £60,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:
- Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
- 25 days annual leave
- Life assurance equal to 4x salary
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
- Health Cash Plan
- Full funded eye tests
- Two paid volunteering days a year
- Occupational health service
- Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
- Digital GP service
- Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
- Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
- Cycle to work scheme
Join our Procurement team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
If this role isn’t quite what you’re looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com)
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
Company
Southern Water supply 532 million litres of drinking water every day to more than two million customers and treat and recycle 717 million litres of wastewater for more than four million customers in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
From frontline services keeping the water flowing, to IT, Marketing, and Finance, every team is empowered to deliver the best. Our teams are passionate about the communities we serve, and purpose driven to transform our environment and quality of life.
We’re proud that our people are as uniquely diverse as our customers and champion the differences that make us stronger. Because when everyone feels like they belong and are included, we all benefit.
Southern Water is a place you can bring your true self to work and enjoy the opportunities for personal growth, professional development, and the chance to be the best you can be within a respectful and appreciative environment.
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