Sourcing Manager - Energy

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Responsible to:

Group Head of Sustainability & Energy

Responsible for:

• Acting as a trusted adviser and subject matter expert leading procurement projects across the energy and other related spend categories
• Supporting in the development of a climate transition plan via energy carbon reduction infrastructure procurement and r enewable Energy procurement
• Partner with the relevant teams to formulate service requirements and scope, identify vendors, manage the end-to-end RFP process, provide a supplier evaluation framework, and make recommendations on vendor selection.
• Overseeing energy reporting across the Group for consumption, GHG emissions and key metrics
• Contributing to Group ESG goals and compliance appertaining to; i) Climate Change, ii) Sustainable Sourcing and iii) Recycling and the Circular Economy
• Developing close relationships with senior stakeholders and key suppliers to deliver commercial and operational benefits across multiple divisions, including European and Non-European retail fascias
• Developing and overseeing external and internal ESG content for training and communication requirements

Department:

Group Procurement (Finance)

Location:

JD Sports Fashion plc, Pilsworth, Bury

Hours:

TBC – F/T role

Group Overview: JD Sports Fashion plc is a leading international multichannel retailer of sports, fashion, and outdoor brands with a large expenditure on Marketing-related activities. Established in 1981, with a single store in the Northwest, JD operates internationally including in the US, Australia, and parts of Asia. JD is part of the FTSE 100 and market.

JD Group has over 4,800 global stores across a number of retail fascias and embraces the latest online and instore digital technology, providing it with a truly multichannel and international platform for future growth.

Role Background: The role will lead in procurement activity for Energy sourcing and carbon reduction projects.

This role will provide key data and support for our Environmental reporting including the annual report, Scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions, CDP, RE100, SBTi corporate initiatives and similar associated documentation/reports.

The role requires engagement with colleagues from various JD Group divisions, internal departments and external suppliers

Engage acquisition business contacts to ensure rapid-delivery of financial benefits arising from wider JD-Group commercial leverage.

Key Relationships: Finance, Procurement, Legal, Property and Maintenance

Third-party suppliers

Key Responsibilities:

• Energy sourcing: Energy sourcing and contract management for UK and European in scope territories. Risk management for larger energy contracts on flexible contract models. Transparent and detailed presentation of proposed contract awards, sourcing changes and recommendations
• Energy carbon reduction infrastructure procurement : Leading projects and engaging with leads in territory(where applicable – EU, US, APAC etc -to advise, monitor and capture data on projects/energy enhancements.
• Projects: Identification of proof of concepts for projects/individual country, undertaking sourcing activity and appointing suppliers which includes pricing, negotiations and business case development
• Input and creation of investment programme globally
• Working with property and maintenance teams to enable successful project management/completion
• Renewable Energy procurement : Renewable energy procurement compliance. Tracking and monitoring each country status, volumes and any gaps. Classification of operational and non-operational control volumes. Targeting gaps via engagement with stakeholders/suppliers in territories. Forecasting and calculation of volumes to meet targets. Executing sourcing to meet sustainability targets, reviewing alternative models sourcing models to meet future requirements
• Updating and supporting future budgets: Delivery of relevant budget forecasts to group finance team, for energy opex and energy capex reduction projects supporting sustainability targets
• Data Collection and Reporting: Oversee the collection and management of energy and sustainability data and managing the roll-out of the climate reporting platform. Supporting compliance energy reduction reporting required to meet local requirements. For any existing fascia\’s/countries where required manage energy reporting with required stakeholders. Target new countries for energy reporting implementation. Provide high level reporting on overall progress, leveraging outputs from this into energy carbon reduction investment programme
• Circularity/Waste: Support lead in procurement of other environmental categories including waste services/infrastructure and contract management. Overseeing implementation and reporting of waste KPI\’s reporting metrics
• Engage acquisition business contacts to ensure rapid-delivery of financial benefits arising from wider JD-Group commercial leverage
• Support leading in sustainability website updates, communications (internal and external) and research into new regulation development
• Using P2P Coupa platform to raise purchase orders to suppliers (previous Coupa experience is not essential)

Skills/Experience/Knowledge required:

• Energy procurement experience, managing and developing energy sourcing strategies and risk management.
• Ideally graduate with excellent numeric and analytical skills, experience in working with energy data, commodity and non-commodity charges and developing budgets
• Commercial experience within faced-paced omni-channel retail and/or relevant category experience with the ability to manage a high level of ambiguity or change.
• Strong sourcing experience, completing market benchmarks and full tender RFPs. Negotiator with the ability to influence using excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills. Ability to draft and negotiate commercial agreements from base documentation through to completion. Sourcing experience in energy not a requirement but would be beneficial
• Driven by data and analytics. You bring strong analytical skills with a passion for using data to develop innovative, effective solutions to address business needs, initiate opportunities and deliver margin improvement
• Planning and time management – working on multiple large projects concurrently – from granular level detail to delivering in accordance with organisation and divisional strategy
• High (evidenced) level of financial and contractual competency, and ability to formulate forecast budgets
• Diligence – the ability to assess and scrutinise key reports and work prior to submitting and striving to improve the quality and use of data being dependable providing attention to detail.
• Strong Excel skills are essential, together with data management, analysis, and reporting skills. Ability to manage several projects simultaneously and prioritise tasks, working well under pressure. Confidence to own problems/issues, propose solutions and ensure that deadlines or business goals are achieved within a constantly changing environment
• Experience in managing a team and to work as part of a team with a flexible approach and the ability to multitask and effectively manage own workload and working independently with minimal guidance
• Excellent communication and stakeholder skills with the ability to develop strong working relationships. Experience in dealing with stakeholders and with both internal multiple divisions and departments (e.g. Finance, Property, Retail etc.) and external suppliers
• Strategic: recognise and resolve situations that are ambiguous or challenging and use logic to identify alternatives, evaluate, and present solutions while thinking about contingency plans. Solves complex problems and provides new perspectives using existing solutions and best practices. Ability to think critically and recommend innovative solutions.
• Membership of the Energy Institute or IEMA equivalent.

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