Supply Chain Manager (Supplier Relationship Manager)

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Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness and/or Perth

Salary: £50100- £75100 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

The role SSE's core purpose is to provide the energy people need in a reliable and sustainable way. Our strategy is to deliver sustained growth in the dividend payable to shareholders through the efficient operation of, and investment in, a balanced range of regulated and non-regulated businesses.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Supply Chain Manager to join our Procurement and Commercial function, to develop and manage supply chain relationships and performance as part of the Supply Chain Performance centre of excellence team. This key role will be vital to the successful development and delivery of our projects across our Networks Transmission business.

Reporting to the Senior Procurement and Commercial Manager, the Supply Chain Manager will collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders to support the growth and performance of the supply chain.

You will:

• Build relationships with key supply chain companies and support implementation of engagement strategy to support the successful delivery of projects.
• Co-ordinate engagement and interaction with the supply chain to enable clear communication on key areas.
• Play a key role in ensuring supply chain resilience by working closely with the stakeholders to obtain and analyse important information regarding skills, resources, sub-supply chain and capacity.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to establish sources of data, both new and existing, to provide measurable and comparable feedback regarding supply chain performance.

You have:

• Although this role is within the Procurement and Commercial team the successful candidate does not require to have a Quantity Surveying degree, CIPS or equivalent. Any recognised qualifications relevant to the role description will be considered alongside vital practical experience that can be evidenced.
• Knowledge and understanding of procurement and commercial management and processes linked to large infrastructure projects and the management of the associated supply chain.
• Excellent organisation and planning skills with the ability to work to deadlines and still deliver quality output whilst dealing with changing priorities and managing your own time effectively.
• Previous experience as an Analyst would be advantageous, however experience as a skilled problem solver is crucial, you must be able to identify any issues and work to solve them quickly, effectively, and accurately.
• The ability to ensure accurate and complete data and information exchange among various stakeholders across multiple platforms and reporting tools including Excel, SharePoint, Power BI as well as any future cost reports and / or digital systems.
• We are looking for a highly numerate candidate with a good technical knowledge who can analyse and interpret numerical and asset volume data with well-developed cost management skills, ideally with experience in a commercial or costing background.
• Excellent IT skills are essential including knowledge of all MS Office applications.

About SSE SSE's purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plans sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.