Procurement & Supply Chain Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead procurement and supply chain operations across three entities for a UK renewable energy group. You will shape product strategy, manage inventory and supplier partnerships, and align with Sales, Operations and Finance. You will design a group-wide PO process and enforce consistent procurement discipline. You will anticipate and mitigate supply chain risks and drive data-driven insights to leadership. This role offers high impact, cross-functional collaboration, and growth potential as the business expands into BESS, solar PV, and EV infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement across multiple entities, managing supplier strategy, pricing negotiations, credit terms, and commercial contracts to ensure favourable outcomes and mitigate risk
• Take ownership of product strategy, identifying opportunities to expand and enhance the product portfolio through supplier collaboration and market insight
• Oversee end-to-end supply chain operations, including inventory planning, supplier forecasting, warehousing, and regional distribution
• Proactively identify and manage supply chain risks, ensuring continuity of supply and minimal disruption to operations
• Utilise ERP data and sales forecasts to optimise stock levels, improve efficiency, and provide actionable insights to leadership
• Design and implement a group-wide purchase order process, ensuring a consistent, controlled, and auditable approach across all entities
• Act as the central point of control for all supplier ordering, ensuring compliance with agreed pricing, terms, and supplier frameworks
• Enforce procurement discipline across regional teams, eliminating non-compliant or ad-hoc purchasing and driving accountability
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Operations, and Finance to align supply chain capabilities with business demand
• Support business growth initiatives, including acquisition integration and the development of supply chain infrastructure for new commercial opportunities (e.g. BESS, solar PV, heat pumps, EV infrastructure)

Key requirements

• Minimum 2+ years’ experience in supply chain, procurement, or a commercially focused role involving supplier negotiation
• Demonstrated experience in contract management and commercial negotiations, with the ability to secure favourable terms
• Strong capability in managing complex supplier relationships, analysing data, and presenting clear, actionable insights to senior stakeholders
• Highly proactive and accountable, with a proven ability to take ownership of processes and drive standardisation across procurement functions

• Proactive
• Analytical mindset
• Stakeholder management
• ERP data analysis
• Contract management
• Supplier negotiations

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