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Secondment - Senior Supplier Manager OT/IT (m/f/d) - fixed term, Swindon
Client: RWE AG
Location: Swindon, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 808460eb5682
Job Views: 5
Posted: 03.03.2025
Expiry Date: 17.04.2025
Job Description:
RWE Offshore Wind GmbH
To start as soon as possible, full time, fixed term
The role
1. As a Senior Supplier Manager, you will report directly to the Team Lead for IT Supplier Management. This exciting opportunity within the refreshed IT/OT Procurement and Supplier Management team will give you the first-hand opportunity to be a part of a global team and contribute to innovative projects across all of RWE’s businesses, including Renewables, Energy Trading, and more.
2. Build, maintain, and enhance relationships with our most strategic and complex (high-value and high-dependency) IT Vendors and internal stakeholders (such as IT leadership and Service Owner).
3. Lead related change projects.
4. Define, implement, and improve operational governance structures and committees while applying defined policies, taking ownership of process improvements.
5. Provide and improve review and direction for vendor activities, ensuring that vendor performance meets expectations, monitoring day-to-day vendor operations and performance against service-level agreements (SLA) and contracts.
6. Define vendor innovation goals with strategic vendors, commonly define innovation plans, and monitor execution of plans, communicating to internal customers where appropriate.
7. Identify and align with key stakeholders and establish a clear stakeholder communication plan, implementing improvements based on customer feedback.
8. Implement communication plans while ensuring compliance with defined rules and procedures, managing compliance breaches and escalations as needed.
9. Anticipate, identify, monitor, and mitigate risks associated with third-party providers of IT-related goods and services.
10. Promote actions keeping the strategic view in mind, aiming to improve costs, performance, and risk mitigation for the company.
11. Collaborate with Procurement Business Partners to capture and understand current and future demand in line with strategic planning, efficiently structuring contract management throughout the life cycle.
12. Collaborate with Procurement Category Teams to develop and define sourcing strategies and ensure performance is constantly evaluated and re-assessed, feeding regular updates into the Sourcing Strategy to adapt where necessary.
13. Collaborate with other team members, delegating tasks when needed and supporting team members' development.
Your Profile
1. Deep experience in supplier management related procurement practices.
2. Relevant IT/OT supply market knowledge, with an interest in keeping abreast of current trends and threats.
3. Good knowledge of relevant financial principles.
4. Positive influencing and interpersonal skills.
5. High flexibility and willingness, attentive to detail, and welcoming to new approaches or ideas.
6. High organisational, change, and project management skills allowing you to deliver to schedule/targets while working closely with others to find win-win solutions.
7. Willingness to travel to our operational/office sites and key suppliers.
8. Excellent proficiency in English; German language skills beneficial but not essential.
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