Gas Networks Ireland operates and maintains Ireland’s €3bn, 14,725km national gas network, which is considered one of the safest and most modern renewables-ready gas networks in the world.
Almost 725,000 Irish homes and businesses trust Ireland’s gas network to provide efficient and reliable energy to meet their heating, cooking, manufacturing and transport needs.
The gas network is the cornerstone of Ireland’s energy system, securely supplying more than 30% of Ireland’s total energy and over 40% of the country’s electricity generation.
Gas Networks Ireland is aiming to deliver a repurposed, resized and fully decarbonised gas network by 2045. Its “Pathway to a Net Zero Carbon Network” envisions transforming the existing gas network into two separate systems carrying 100% renewable gas, one dedicated to biomethane and the other to green hydrogen, with the potential to carry approximately 30% biomethane and 70% green hydrogen, as well as offering significant long term energy export opportunities.
The Role:
The Category Support role provides support for relevant category spend across GNI and for supporting category saving targets.
Reporting to the Category Lead, the main responsibilities of the role will be managing compliance checks of purchase requisitions to purchase orders approvals, organising the running of OJEU tenders and mini-competitions from existing frameworks, and collaborating with the Supply Chain team on delivering the annual tender demand plan.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Play an active role in supporting strategies for their category in line with the relevant Category Plan.
* Collaborate with the Supply Chain function to ensure business units goals, standards, policies and procedures are being achieved.
* Prepare and coordinate strategic tender or mini-competition tender documentation and oversee tender process.
* Coordinate the evaluation process of supplier responses and prepare clarifications for supplier award process.
* Support tender evaluations, organise consensus scoring sessions, where relevant, and supplier award processes in accordance with GNI governance committee sign-off rules as well as internal procurement policies.
* Responsible for PD02 compliance, tracking and reporting sole source, emergency, non-competitive and non-compliance contract awards.
* Manage all Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders and ensure compliance with PD02 /PD03 via Oracle and Maximo.
* Ensure PRs are processed within KPI and CPAs are linked to PRs to capture spend under contract.
* Responsible for managing tax queries and invoice queries– amending POs/CPAs where necessary and updating in a timely manner to avoid payments under incorrect tax sites.
* Provide input into the use of metrics and KPIs for supplier performance measurement.
* Track and document financial and non-financial benefits throughout the tender process.
* Utilise analysis and negotiation expertise during Tactical Tendering, Emergency Sourcing and Sole Sourcing process.
* Support Supply Chain performance measurement by maintaining metrics and scorecards.
* Collaborate with business stakeholders, participate in relevant meetings and with Supply Chain customers (within the department, Business Units, HSQE, Legal and other organisations and suppliers).
* Provide input and support for Continuous improvement initiatives.
* Adopt a ‘one team’ culture.
* Perform other duties as required from time to time.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
* Minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience in a large organisation, preferably with relevant sourcing and tendering experience.
* Relevant qualifications or experience in a procurement, category management or commercial role.
* Category planning skills, with proven experience supporting category plans.
* Experience of dealing with Suppliers.
* Project management experience, with ability to develop detailed plans and execute against them, manage stakeholder groups, develop stakeholder communication plans.
* Experience using e-procurement tools and contracting tools (e.g. e-tenders).
* Experience with Oracle purchasing system.
* Knowledge of developing and issuing tender documentation including PQQ/ITT, both under OJEU and independent of OJEU, with an understanding of Irish contract law.
* Experience using PowerPoint, Excel and Word, with ability to structure and develop presentations (for example negotiations strategies, stage gate and governance presentations).
* Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
Applications, including current Curriculum Vitae, should be emailed to the following address stating the job title and reference number in the subject line of your email: recruit@gasnetworks.ie
The closing date for receipt of applications for this vacancy is the 14th March 2025.
Please note that applications submitted after this closing date will not be accepted.
Gas Networks Ireland is an equal opportunities employer.
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