Category Manager – Site Operations

Job Introduction

A unique place to grow your career 

As owners of one of the largest nuclear decommissioning and remediation programmes in Europe, our main priority is to lead the work across the NDA group and develop the strategy for how it should be carried out. It also plays an important role in supporting government’s aspiration for the UK to be a global leader in the civil nuclear sector. The NDA itself employs just over 380 people and is the sole shareholder of the subsidiary companies that form the NDA group.  

Why us? 

Our mission is vital.  

To deliver it, we need the right people with the right skills available across our estate. We employ talented people to work in a range of disciplines. In return for the significant contribution you’ll make to our future, you’ll receive excellent benefits and rewards and a healthy work-life balance. 

Work for us and play a key role in tackling one of the most technical, complex challenges facing the UK today, helping us leave a safer environment for future generations. 

The role:

We’re seeking an experienced and passionate Category Manager to drive strategic initiatives.  

In this strategic role you will have the ability to shape and influence category strategies in order to leverage value from the total group spend associated with a number of sub-category areas in the Site Operations pillar (such as plant and equipment, health physics and site operations services) and to maximise opportunities across the NDA group. 

From market analysis to value realisation, you will also use your knowledge and experience to deliver and/or assure procurement activities to ensure the successful implementation of the category strategies. These services are key to the smooth and effective operation of the sites and the Category Manager will also have commercial oversight of the various contracts to ensure they deliver the required levels of service/performance, the corresponding benefits are realised and risks are mitigated. This role therefore provides a great opportunity to positively impact the provision of services to support site operations and the delivery of the NDA’s mission and strategic objectives.

What you’ll do:

• Work in one of our diverse teams where you'll drive the successful delivery of a group wide category strategy in your area(s) of responsibility.
• Validate and assure procurement activities including the design, analysis & evaluation of tenders.
• Support the development of new Procurement Strategies through analysis of the markets and ‘learning from experience’ with other teams in the NDA Group 
• Provide guidance to the business on the correct routes to market and opportunities to maximise value for money.
• Act as a commercial advisor to the wider business areas within your area of expertise and become a subject matter expert, ensuring innovation, industry best-practice and continuous improvement are optimised.
• Identify and deliver commercial opportunities across NDA group 
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to aid cross-group collaboration.

What we’re looking for:

• Someone with a proven track record of conducting procurement activity in a regulated environment, ideally with experience of site and industrial services.
• Experience of developing and delivering category strategies, with a good knowledge of Site/Industrial services.
• An analytical mind-set, with strong commercial acumen.
• Someone who builds cooperation and communication between teams and/or functions to enable collaboration. 
• Someone who seeks to build cross-cultural competency and helps others understand the business value of diversity.
• Contract Management experience, with a good working knowledge of various forms of contract (including the NEC suite of contracts).
• Someone who is not afraid to challenge the norm, is outcome focused and seeks to deliver innovative solutions to complex commercial problems.

Other requirements:

• MCIPS, MRICS, IACCM or equivalent professional qualification, or willing to work towards

Why work at the NDA? 

We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At NDA, we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently, we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.

NDA is a member of the disability confident scheme, when requested we will make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and we guarantee to interview all candidates who have a disability who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy.

We are happy to discuss flexible working. We will also make workplace adjustments for disabled employees if these are needed to help them perform at their best in the role, and we are happy to discuss this once a job offer has been made.