Senior Procurement Enablement Manager

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Team: Procurement & Supply (Finance)

Salary banding: £65,000 - £80,000

Experience: Expert

Reporting to: Category Department Lead

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Process, Value, Optimisation

Top 3 qualities for this role: Solution-orientated, Integrity, Analytical

 

Where you’ll work:

Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in-person. 

You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

As an enterprise business OVO’s supply chain presents large risk but great opportunity when it comes to sustainability and wider ESG initiatives. Procurement & Supply play a vital role when contributing to OVO’s wider Plan Zero aspirations ensuring we’re working with the right partners and managing risks appropriately.

This role in a nutshell:

Buying goods and services is the heartbeat of OVO, allowing us to deliver everything from green marketing campaigns to smart meters. As a Senior Manager for Procurement Enablement in OVO’s Procurement & Supply team you’ll be the driving force behind the process, infrastructure, analytics, and governance necessary for a best in class procurement lifecycle. 

You will lead a dedicated and capable team that serves as the backbone of OVO’s spend management, bridging the gap between procurement strategy and operational execution. Your mission is to evolve the procurement process into a competitive advantage by optimising the journey to be intuitive and high-value.

You will report directly to the Category Department Lead, ensuring that enablement direction is perfectly aligned with the broader Procurement & Supply Team and OVO’s financial objectives.

Your key outcomes will be:

Driving Operational Excellence:

• Process oversight across the  end-to-end Procurement lifecycle, ensuring it balances user-centric speed with appropriate controls & risk management, delivered through two incumbent source to contact (S2C) and purchase to pay (P2P) systems.
• Act as the guardian of the bottom line by ensuring compliant purchasing and improving Purchase Order (PO) quality to eliminate value leakage
• Risk & Governance: Integrate multi-function approvals (InfoSec, Data Protection, Tax, Legal, AI, Tech) into a seamless process and maintain a robust Risk and Control Matrix (RACM) for the function.
• Define, monitor, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreements (SLAs) for the function, implementing corrective actions to meet or exceed targets.
• Act as the reporting hub for key supply chain statistics, such as risk, sustainability, code of conduct compliance and supplier diversity. 

Delivering the Enablement Strategy:

• Develop and execute a multi-year Procurement Enablement strategy aligned with industry best practice and OVO’s financial & operational goals focused on driving maximum value, efficiency and control.
• Oversee the roadmap for the Procurement Enablement Systems and Process,