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Team: P2P Team, Commercial Supplier Management

Salary banding:  £43,000 - £50,000

Experience: Expert

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Head of Commercial Supplier Management

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

This role in 3 words: Value-Creation, Process-Improvement, Collaborator

Top 3 qualities for this role: Communication, Analytical, Resilience

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:

Being a collaborative team player that focuses on sustainable practices and the environmental impact.

This role in a nutshell:

The role sits within Commercial Supplier Management in the Pillar 2 Finance team, reporting to the Head of Commercial Supplier Management. You will be working cross functionally with our accounts payable team and S2P platform manager on a day to day basis, an expert in P2P practices, driving positive change in our processes, collaborating across multiple business functions and maturing our P2P agenda within the finance environment.

Your key outcomes will be:

Supplier Onboarding: You will be accountable for all aspects of supplier onboarding, engaging with internal and external stakeholders, key decision making, issues and risk resolution.

Compliance and Risk Management: Ensuring adherence to company policies and regulatory requirements, reducing the risk of fraud and non-compliance.

Process Ownership: Design, develop, maintain and optimise processes within the P2P lifecycle including the development of a governance framework. Supporting the Senior Manager on developing and implementing a strategic roadmap, to improve and sustain effective P2P practices and standards that meet OVO’s current and future business needs, as well as improving business performance and cost efficiency.

Risk Management: implementation of financial controls for P2P processes, working collaboratively with the Senior Supplier Resilience Manager to build and maintain the P2P Risk & Controls Matrix.

Value Creation: Optimising value by enabling opportunities from the new Ivalua source-to-pay platform. You will drive process and cost efficiencies through implementing process improvements shaped by data insights utilising Ivalua’s reporting suite. 

Financial Reporting & MI: Support the development and implementation of a strategic dashboard to feed into the MI reporting cycle, ensuring that agreed spend, risk & controls, and value data is collected, analysed and recorded.

Data Analysis: Develop better visibility and controls through data management and sharing routines to inform value data-led decision making for the business. Support the Procurement and Supplier Management teams in optimising OVO’s supplier base through improved reporting from Ivalua supplier data to reduce complexity and cost. Utilising Ivalua as a data source to highlight value optimisation, key insights, and trends.

Automation/AI: Play a key part in improving processes efficiently. You will work closely with the S2P Platform Manager and Workday teams to develop and implement automation enhancements, as well as evaluating the use of AI automation and other technological advances across our P2P systems.

Central Buying Team: Lead and shape the buying team services including purchase requisitions and ordering, invoicing, and receipt of goods & services.

Stakeholder Engagement: Engage across multiple business areas and key stakeholders, supporting seamless interactions with the end to end P2P lifecycle. Supporting change management by advocating for platform adoption, communicating the value of the platform and gathering feedback from users to enhance functionality and build stakeholder confidence.

Team Leadership: Lead a team of P2P and central buying colleagues. Develop and support colleagues focusing on team performance, fostering a culture of cross collaboration and communication to deliver against our core objectives and company goals. Be the principal source of knowledge for the P2P management lifecycle.

You’ll be a successful P2P Manager at OVO if you…

• Have an excellent knowledge of a Procure to Pay function and associated processes
• Possess experience of working with S2P platforms, ideally with Ivalua and Workday
• Have experience in a continuous improvement environment
• Have strong communication skills, engaging with senior leaders
• Can demonstrate trust and transparency with a high degree of integrity
• Are a thought leader, confident in influencing the agenda and driving outcomes with senior stakeholders 
• Are a self-starter with an inquisitive mindset and a conscientious work ethic
• Are collaborative team player as well as a proactive independent worker
• Are a positive and proactive problem solver who can manage both planned and reactive requirements simultaneously
• Can deal with ambiguity, embracing change and decision making with confidence
• Have Project management experience as you will be helping shape our S2P platform transformation
• Are experienced in Data Analytics to navigate our systems and bring value driven insights to life!

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £43,000 and £50,000, depending on your specific skills and experience.

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary – 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash.Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..