Senior Procurement Manager – Power & Energy Infrastructure

Overview

In this role you will lead strategic sourcing and supplier engagement for M Group Energy’s overhead lines and energy infrastructure programme. You will establish robust framework agreements to support ED3 bids and mobilisation, coordinating with technical, operational, ESG and legal teams. You will drive tendering, commercial evaluations and contract negotiations, while overseeing governance and subcontractor performance. This is a long-term contract aimed at shaping procurement for critical energy networks and infrastructure projects. You will work with cross-functional teams to manage risk, pricing structures and supplier proposals, with hybrid travel to key hubs including Stevenage.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible / hybrid working

Responsibilities

• Lead tendering exercises and establish strategic framework agreements
• Manage supplier engagement, commercial evaluations and contract negotiations
• Compare full subcontract packages against labour-only delivery models
• Collaborate with technical, operational, ESG and legal teams to develop tender-ready documentation
• Assess pricing structures, commercial risks and supplier proposals
• Maintain procurement governance and support subcontractor performance management

Key requirements

• Proven procurement and framework establishment experience within construction or infrastructure
• Strong commercial negotiation, contract management and risk allocation skills
• Experience managing specialist supply chains across regional delivery areas
• Excellent stakeholder management and tender evaluation capabilities
• Experience in UK power and energy networks (desirable: DNOs, overhead lines, HV cabling, substations, ICPs)

• strong stakeholder management
• negotiation and influencing
• commercial thinking
• procurement strategy and framework development
• tendering and bid evaluation
• contract negotiation and management

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