The Role
Manage IT and indirect procurement across the group: source goods/services, run competitive tenders, negotiate contracts, manage supplier relationships, drive cost savings and process improvements, ensure compliance with policies, maintain procurement systems, and collaborate with internal stakeholders and HSEQ to deliver quality and safe supply.
Summary Generated by Built In
An opportunity has arisen for us to recruit a Category Manager - IT on a remote basis with occasional travel.
The successful candidate will have proven IT/Indirect procurement experience and will work with the business to ensure that value is maximised from third party contracts, whilst minimising risk and operating in a framework of internal policies and processes. The role works closely with other members of the Procurement team and internal stakeholders, and is a key interface between the group businesses and external third parties.
The successful candidate will have proven IT/Indirect procurement experience and will work with the business to ensure that value is maximised from third party contracts, whilst minimising risk and operating in a framework of internal policies and processes. The role works closely with other members of the Procurement team and internal stakeholders, and is a key interface between the group businesses and external third parties.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Procurement Manager, the key duties and responsibilities will include:
- Working with the business to source and procure a wide range of required goods and services, with primary focus being IT and Indirect services, ensuring optimal value for money within defined service and quality criteria.
- Ensuring that the internal procurement processes are followed to seek and evaluate competitive tenders and proposals for the supply of goods and service, which will involve negotiating with suppliers on all commercial and contractual matters to achieve optimal levels of value versus risk.
- Identifying opportunities for synergies across the group portfolio and to add improvements to the “bottom line” through cost savings or process change whilst promoting continual improvement in all aspects of the Procurement function.
- Managing supplier relationships, coordinating multiple stakeholder interfaces across the group to ensure a consistent and collaborative approach.
- Identifying and implementing supplier improvement actions and operate 360 feedback processes and seeking to resolve contractual and supplier disputes as and when they occur.
- Understanding and adhering to the company and department standards, policies and procedures.
- Developing and maintaining strong and positive working relationships with internal stakeholders, ensuring that requirements are understood and addressed whilst seeking to promote the Procurement function as a positive enabler and an integral partner to the group.
- Operating and maintaining required systems to support and improve the Procurement function.
- Working closely with the HSEQ teams to ensure that the supply chain is safe and delivers quality goods and services.
- Other procurement and supply chain tasks that are required from time to time.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Background
- Experience in IT / Indirect procurement, with the enthusiasm and ability to coach and upskill colleagues in category management principles, ensuring knowledge is effectively transferred across the team.
- Evidence of managing a procurement whole life cycle, ensuring that any value created in the negotiations stages is delivered through contract delivery.
- Working knowledge of key contractual terms.
- Experience of drafting, negotiating and managing a variety of complex contracts and commercial risks
Behaviours
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment, working to tight deadlines.
- Excellent influencing, communication and relationship management skills with effective networking and business partnering skills.
- Ability to project manage initiatives, tracking and ensuring delivery against key milestones.
- Proven analytical skills including ability to gather, interpret complex data and summarise effectively.
- High motivation, self-direction and self-awareness.
- Flexible approach and the ability to deal with high levels of change.
- Demonstratable competence in use of IT/IS skills e.g. MS Office.
Qualifications
- Qualified to degree level, or equivalent, in a relative discipline - desirable.
- Minimum CIPS level 4 achieved, working towards level 6 - desirable.
Further Information
Recruitment Agencies
This role is being advertised directly by TTEP UK&I Investments Ltd. At our discretion we will contact select recruitment partners and kindly ask that agencies do not contact us regarding this vacancy.
This role is being advertised directly by TTEP UK&I Investments Ltd. At our discretion we will contact select recruitment partners and kindly ask that agencies do not contact us regarding this vacancy.
About
TTEP is a flexible power generation company jointly owned by EPH and TotalEnergies. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company owns and operates more than 20 flexible power and biomass-based assets across Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands and France. As of May 2026, TTEP operates more than 14 GW of installed or in construction capacity and produces close to 30 TWh of electricity per year. This robust and diversified portfolio makes TTEP the second‑largest gas‑to‑power player in Europe. Thanks to its flexible power generation capacity and its utility-scale battery storage solutions, TTEP contributes to Europe’s security of supply while supporting power grids with the challenges of growing intermittent renewable energies integration, such as wind and solar. We are also active in the supply business in the Netherlands and Italy, and we operate a gas storage facility in the UK.
Skills Required
- Experience in IT and indirect procurement
- Proven experience managing the full procurement lifecycle
- Experience drafting, negotiating and managing complex contracts
- Working knowledge of key contractual terms and commercial risk management
- Supplier relationship management and stakeholder coordination experience
- Proven analytical skills, able to gather, interpret and summarise complex data
- Project management skills to track and deliver initiatives against milestones
- Strong influencing, communication and relationship management skills
- Demonstrable competence in IT/IS skills (e.g., MS Office)
- Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
- Minimum CIPS Level 4 achieved, working towards Level 6
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The Company
What We Do
TTEP is a joint venture between TotalEnergies and EPH, headquartered in Amsterdam. It is the second-largest flexible power generation player in Europe, operating a robust portfolio of flexible natural gas and biomass-based power plants, alongside utility-scale battery storage. The company supports grid stability and security of supply across Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, and France, playing a key role in the European energy transition.
