Business Services Procurement Category Manager

Summary

We are seeking a proactive, highly experienced Business Services Procurement Category Manager to lead sourcing, category management, and contract governance for key indirect categories — including business consultancy, professional services, contingent workforce, agencies, travel & entertainment, marketing & PR, legal, audit, and specialist advisory services.

This is a high-impact, wide-scope role where you will own category strategy end-to-end, driving cost optimisation, supplier performance excellence, and innovation in service delivery, while ensuring alignment with Lightsource bp’s global business objectives. You will act as a strategic partner to senior stakeholders across the organisation, championing governance, sustainability, and commercial value across all indirect procurement spend.

Responsibilities of the Role

• Own the full contract lifecycle for all Business Services and indirect procurement categories, ensuring governance, compliance, and delivery of commercial value.
• Develop and implement comprehensive category strategies across consultancy, professional services, contingent workforce, marketing & PR, legal, audit, travel & entertainment, and agency spend — aligned with business priorities.
• Lead all sourcing activities : market analysis, requirements gathering, RFx management, supplier evaluation and selection, negotiation, and onboarding.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key service providers and internal stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor and driving collaborative innovation.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contract terms across diverse service categories, ensuring favourable commercial outcomes and risk mitigation.
• Maintain centralised contract registers and manage accurate supplier records to improve visibility and accessibility.
• Produce regular spend analysis and performance reports, collaborating with Finance to support budgeting, forecasting, and savings initiatives.
• Drive cost optimisation and value creation while managing supplier risk across all categories.
• Monitor and manage supplier performance using KPIs, governance meetings, and strategic reviews, leveraging data analytics for continuous improvement.
• Champion procurement best practices that support organisational sustainability, ethical sourcing, and diversity & inclusion objectives.
• Escalate and resolve supplier disputes in collaboration with Legal and other stakeholders, ensuring business continuity.
• Contribute to change management initiatives, enhancing procurement processes, stakeholder engagement, and category maturity across Business Services.

Why you’ll make a great member of the team

Experience & Knowledge Required

Skills Required

Education Required

Why you’ll want to work for us

Our company is a place where you can be yourself and grow, a place where your ideas and opinions matter.

Be you

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.

Be responsible

Our culture is driven by our core values – from operating safely to ensuring our projects are responsible.

Be recognized

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits.

Be inspired

Beyond your day-to-day working life at Lightsource bp, there’s a variety of initiatives that will contribute to your own personal development. These include our charitable causes, supporting our solar honey project, or volunteering on our VIBES committee to name a few.

Our core values

Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do.

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