Category Director

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Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Bt Group Full time

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Category Director - Group Procurement Posting Date: 28 Feb 2025
Function: Corporate Functions
Unit: Finance & Business Services
Location: Bray Road, Co Dublin, Ireland
Internal Closing Date: 24th March 2025 Why BT?
We've always been an organisation with purpose; to use the power of communications to make a better world.
Our pursuit of progress over the past 180 years has established BT as a strong, successful brand, capable of achieving great things.
Today, we also own and operate the EE and Plusnet brands.
If you have the drive, optimism and resilience to help propel us forward we'll offer unrivalled personal development and opportunities to learn.

Why Procurement?
Procurement plays a critical role in BT where we are charged with building, funding and protecting BT's value by leveraging the capabilities of our third party partners and suppliers.

Establish the right innovative supplier relationships and agreements necessary to create value for BT Group Deliver cost efficiencies through efficient sourcing agreements Ensure we have the commercial models, terms and conditions required to enable economic growth and protect BT Group from financial and reputational damage Why this job matters The Category Director is responsible for leading a global super category and the category management process.
They are accountable for billions GBP of spend, defining & delivering against this category strategy and will be the business partner to key stakeholders.
They will set the agenda for strategic sourcing execution and drive innovation opportunities to realise more value.

What you'll be doing - your accountabilities Strategic Develop and deliver the L1 super category strategy, leading on strategic sourcing and business partnering initiatives that underpin BT's strategies Recognised as a leader in BT and by our suppliers and industry peers Sets direction for innovative improvement initiatives Operational Business partner to key Customer Facing Units / Corporate Units to drive the category strategy Holds excellent senior relationships with stakeholders to establish category priorities and secure buy-in for category strategy Lead and guide the delivery of all strategic sourcing initiatives Set the strategic direction and targets with a 2-5 year view on the optimal procurement strategy Drive category spend and performance , ensuring activities are in line with governance and controls People Recruit, hire, train and coach a professional, engaged and motivated team Lead, develop and coach a team of procurement professionals Skills and experience required for the job Substantial years experience as an established leader within the Procurement function Strong business mindset and category expertise , across end to end Source to Pay areas Demonstrates a track record of decision making capability and delivering against key metrics Strong relationship management skills and ability to influence decision making Experience in business partnering and supplier relationship management Ability to manage complex, strategic and commercial requirements Specific Category Area: Networks Experience with a variety of network infrastructure technologies (e.g Nokia, Ericsson, Cisco) Experience with technologies including Fixed and Mobile Networks, Core Networks & Platforms, Switching & Routing, Data Centers #J-18808-Ljbffr


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