Senior Category Manager - Foundations and Site Investigations

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and motivated Senior Category Manager to join Corios rapidly growing offshore wind business and support the transition to a low carbon sustainable global economy.

Corios global offshore wind business is responsible for the successful management and delivery of a pipeline of 30 GW of offshore wind projects the origination of new opportunities and partnerships as well as the provision of asset management and advisory services to third party investors.

In this role you will report to the Head of Procurement Strategy. This role requires you to take portfolio level responsibility of all procurement and contract related matters for the design fabrication and transportation for all types of offshore wind foundations (WTG and OSS) for FixedBottom Floating and Gravity Based and wind farm site investigation services including:

Development of strategic supplier relationship management with tier 1 suppliers supplier development including for lower tiers leverage of such relationships to support contract management effectively

Define portfolio strategic sourcing strategies for the given categories to provide best value to our global project portfolio

Time limited and assignment specific secondment into Project(s) to support the execution of your portfolio sourcing strategies

Provide bid assumptions for each of the ongoing bids for your categories

Lead supply chain management for your categories monitoring and managing availability of components/resources (cost drivers) including forecasting supply / demand and development of alternative supplies where necessary

Provide oversight to the procurement processes and contracting strategy for the given categories across projects

Together with the relevant head of product engineering and valuation team challenge scope specifications to determine where unnecessary costs can be eliminated and more value can be achieved

Closely collaborate with the relevant project stakeholders to develop and review the procurement strategy to support best value tender processes. You will use your strong relationship building skills to engage with technical commercial & project colleagues and influence a variety of key decision makers as well as senior business managers across the organization. You will use your category domain expertise to deliver best in class input and advice to the companys projects.

There will also be ad hoc decision support activities including driving strategic initiatives and supporting the whole Offshore Wind business in its procurement and contract management activities.

Your procurement skills and qualifications will include either CIPS or equivalent qualification and a minimum of 2 years experience in offshore wind related to the given categories. Strong preference is given to individual that have already worked in category management and/or sourcing for offshore wind for 2 years. You can speak and write English fluently have a passion for innovation and have a track record to thrive in a fastchanging environment.

Alternatively you have a strong commercial background and experience from a Design & Engineering House EPC and/or fabricator working with offshore foundations. Experience of working with site investigation services for offshore wind farm development would be highly beneficial too.

Outstanding negotiation communication skills and commercial acumen strong relationship management skills a welldeveloped attention to detail with capacity to appreciate the big picture as well as prior experience of working in a fastpaced and dynamic environment will hold you in good stead to be successful in this role.

Location is the UK (London or Edinburgh) Spain (Madrid) or Denmark (home office). For the right candidate other locations in APAC (Seoul Taipei or Melbourne) or Americas (Boston) would be considered if you are already based in these locations. Relocation is not provided. The successful candidate can work both remotely from home and/or one of our offices. Significant amount of international travel is likely to be required as part of your role.

If you have a growth mindset are curious and have a passion for the green transition we want to hear from you.

What youll get from us...

• Be part of a global leader (Corio was named Offshore Developer of the Year in the 2023 Wind Investment Awards)
• Work with and lead a high performing team
• Potential future international career options

We are supportive of hybrid and flexible working to suit individual and company circumstances.

We offer a discretionary annual bonus relative to company and individual performance.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths and an inclusive workplace enables us to embrace that diversity to deliver more innovative and sustainable solutions for our people clients shareholders and communities. Youll be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If youre inspired to deliver on our purpose of empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future we want you on our team. If you need adjustments made to the recruitment process please reach out to your recruiter.

Joining this business means youll be able to work in a way that suits you best. With the right technology support and resources our people can work in a range of flexible ways. Talk to us about what working arrangements would help you thrive.