We are Uisce Éireann. Every day, we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. As Ireland’s national regulated water utility, our vision is a sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.


Our purpose at Uisce Éireann is to rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. That means we are proud to take on the responsibility of protecting our water supply and passing on a safe and secure water system to a rapidly growing population and empowering Ireland’s social and economic growth.


So, we’re passionate about helping our people to do the best work of their lives, to enable them to make a positive difference to communities all over Ireland. Our aim is to attract and develop talented and skilled people with diverse backgrounds and an evolving range of expertise and insight. We believe that such a strong workforce will help us achieve our goals and allow us to continue investing in, and advancing, Ireland’s water services.


The Role:
The Supply Chain Strategy Lead will support the delivery of procurement and contracting strategies to support the various functions within Iand will contribute to the overall performance of the Supply Chain process.


Reporting to the Supply Chain Strategy Manager [Capital, Indirect, Direct, Contracts], they will support the development of procurement and contract strategies through market engagement, stakeholder management and benchmarking with peer organisations.


Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Engage with external suppliers to gather market intelligence and build collaboration with external suppliers.
• Develop and prepare Strategy Packs for handover of to the Tender Delivery Team in Supply Chain.
• Prepare presentations and papers for Uisce Éireann governance committee approval of contract and procurement strategies.
• Provide analysis of market conditions to support development of strategies for the Strategy team.
• Engage and liaise with other similar utilities and government bodies both in Ireland and Europe to drive best practise in developing contracts and procurement.
• Support Tender Delivery Team in tender delivery process ensuring the tender requirements are aligned with the procurement & contracting strategy.
• Support Tender Delivery Team on the commercial aspects of the tendering process including negotiations with the Supplier.
• Engage with the external supply market and communicate UÉ requirements in a timely manner.
• Manage UÉ Frameworks as required.
• Manage direct reports across various locations in the delivery of performance outputs of the Strategy Team.
• Track and maintain supplier performance targets and KPIs.
• Support Tender Delivery Team and Business Units with development of strategies for the efficient and effective sourcing of materials, services and works.
• Understand Supply Chain metrics and scorecards and collaborate with the Supply Chain Value and Performance Team.
• Raise and escalate issues relating to the Strategy Lead as appropriate.
• Update monthly reports for the Supply Chain Strategy, that support the wider Supply Chain Team.
• Liaise with business stakeholders, participate in relevant meetings, and develop strong working relationships with Supply Chain customers (within the department, Business Units, HSQE, Legal, Transaction Services, Business Delivery Partners and with other organisations and suppliers).
• Adopt a ‘one team’ culture.
Perform other duties as required from time to time.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the water, utilities or similar industries is desirable.
• Relevant third level qualification and or accreditation is desirable.
• Demonstrable experience of end- to- end public procurement/strategic sourcing, category management, and experience in the area of P2P, contract management, contract administration and supplier relationship management.
• Demonstrated people management ability, proactive development, motivation and engagement of staff.
• Experience managing a team, with strong people, change management and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective strategic partnerships with key stakeholders internally and externally.
• Proven track record with dealing with complex issues, proactively and in a timely fashion along with the ability to communicate complex information to others.
• Highly motivated individual, working to the highest professional standards and with proven ability to deliver results.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements, and propose and implement solutions.
• Demonstrate adaptability and the ability to change focus and direction in line with business strategy and requirements.
Proactively identifying new areas of improvement and using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job.

*Please be advised that if successful you will be placed on the salary range based on your skills and experience. Please note the Market reference point (midpoint) of the range is generally the upper end of the offer where someone is deemed to be fully competent to take on the duties of the role, and leaves room for the employee to progress through the pay range as their experience develops further.


Uisce Éireann is an equal opportunities employer.


We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.