Category Manager IMS & Hardware

About us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

About the Role

Reporting into the Head of Category and Procurement Business Partner for the IMS & Hardware area, the Category Manager is accountable for developing and implementing strategic category strategies and driving and managing supply chain strategies that optimize cost and ensure quality & reliability of supply and leading all procurement activities.

This is combined with your role acting as an operational business partner for the specified Business Unit where they will support the Strategic Business Partner and co-ordinate across the relevant Procurement teams to ensure they can provide Business Unit updates, insight and recommendations as required.

You will engage and drive strategic relationship with category critical suppliers, implement vendor and contract management strategies and ensure the supply chain is engaged and enabled to meet the business needs.

Leading a team of Buyers, Senior Buyers, Category Specialists and Category Lead, you will manage a major category area in line with National Grid’s procurement strategy, ensuring realisation of synergies, like cost savings and risk reduction, and optimization of the category profit.

What You'll Do

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Annual Salary

Brooklyn and surrounding area: $126,000-$148,000

Waltham and surrounding area: $151,000-$178,000

Syracuse and surrounding area: $141,000-$166,000

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

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National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.