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The aim of Group Sourcing Team is to provide a responsive, professional, and commercial service to customers across ESB.\nIn support of ESB's strategic objectives of decarbonisation, infrastructure development and empowering clients, the Sourcing Manager plays a key leadership role in enabling the timely and compliant procurement of goods, works and services. The role drives sourcing excellence through team leadership, process optimisation, stakeholder engagement and the adoption of innovative procurement practices that maximise value and support ESB's long-term strategic ambitions.\nThe Sourcing Manager will work closely with the head of Group Sourcing, Category Managers and the other Sourcing Managers to drive process efficiency, automation and high levels of customer service.\nThis is an excellent career development opportunity for the right candidate, in a key area within the Enterprise Services Procurement Team. The successful candidate will also gain invaluable managerial and leadership experience, as well as being involved in an interesting and varied mix of commercial work.\nKey Responsibilities\nManage and assign work to a team of buyers in multi-site locations.\nResponsible for Training, Development & Performance Management of direct reports.\nManage tenders & contracts, including commercial negotiations and debriefing of unsuccessful tenderers for tenders in the value range of €10k to €300k.\nWork with the Group Sourcing Manager, Category Managers & the other Sourcing Managers to drive process efficiency, standardisation, and high levels of customer service for all Group Sourcing activity.\nEnsure all procurement processes are compliant with ESB Procurement Policy & Procedures, EU Directives, State Body Guidelines and applicable procurement law.\nWork closely with Category Managers & Category Buyers to identify areas for spend aggregation and value creation, and manage any projects required by Group Sourcing Manager.\nDevelop close working relationships with internal and external customers.\nExperience and Qualifications\nEssential\nAn appropriate third level qualification in Procurement/Supply Chain Management/other Business studies or equivalent work experience.\nMinimum 5 years relevant work experience.\nGood experience and knowledge of SAP (SRM and FMIS) the Utilities Directive and Public Procurement.\nAn excellent working knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.\nStrong commercial acumen and influencing skills.\nGood organisational ability and communication skills.\nA high level of commitment, judgement, and interpersonal skills.\nFull, clean Irish Driving Licence.\nDesirable\nPrevious line management experience\nPrevious change management experience\nIf required, the successful candidate must be prepared to undertake a qualification in Procurement, on a day release basis\nLocation\nThis position will be based in ESB Head Office, 27 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2.\nSmart Working at ESB is designed to make ‘in-person’ time together as purposeful as possible while also enabling the effective use of digital tools and hybrid arrangements to preserve our commitment to flexibility. The successful candidate may work flexibly within the jurisdiction where they have been employed, with attendance at the workplace for in-person collaboration at least two days per week. All Smart Working arrangements are subject to regular review based on the operational requirements of the role, the team, and the business.\nReporting To\nThe Group Sourcing Manager, Enterprise Services Procurement\nWhy Work with Us?\nOpportunity to lead Ireland’s transition to net zero carbon future\nCareer development through mentoring and training \nCorporate Social Responsibility Opportunities\nSports and Social Clubs\nNetworking opportunities\nCredit Union\nGenerous Pension\nAccess to staff well-being programmes\nGenerous parental leave entitlements\nStrong values-based and inclusive culture\nStrong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion\nGreat team environment working to our Core Values: Courageous, Caring, Driven and Trusted\nSalary\n€59,900 - €70,500 per annum, depending on experience.\nClosing Date\n27th October 2026\nInterview\nCandidates who are shortlisted for interview will complete a Behavioural Interview based on each of the following Behaviours, which underpin how we work at ESB and are critical to delivering our strategy:\nAccountable and Ethical\nCollaborative\nGrowing and Adaptive\nProactive\nRespectful and Supportive\nMore information available on Our People Promise\nNotes\nYour application will be held in reserve for 6 months should you be suitable for the role.\nThe successful candidate will be required to evidence their right to work in the Republic of Ireland prior to commencement of employment.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4949,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Ireland","iso":"IE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities","Telecommunications","Integration & API Management"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-24T03:40:07Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":58,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.774,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":25,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:4","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-26T05:57:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":78986,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/esb-sourcing-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/esb-sourcing-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T09:37:50Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13100,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-27T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1777986},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1777986"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fesb-sourcing-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fesb-sourcing-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fesb-sourcing-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/esb-sourcing-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fesb-sourcing-manager"}]}