Senior Procurement Manager

ABOUT ZENOBE

Our mission is to make clean power accessible. We are passionate about making a positive impact on communities and the environment where we work. 

We’re designing, financing, building and operating the world’s most sophisticated battery systems to enable the take up of more renewable power, electrifying fleets for cleaner air, and providing clean, portable power including repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Our proprietary software and data analysis optimises operational performance for our customers to reduce emissions and costs. 

Since we began in 2017, we’ve raised over £2.7 billion in debt and equity funding and transformed it into >1.2GW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract and c.3,400 electric vehicles supported. We have operations in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the US and Canada, with a global headquarters in London. 

We’re the leading owner and operator of battery storage in the UK, supporting the National Grid with the uptake of renewable power. We also work with c.90% of the UK's major bus companies, powering 25% of the UK e-bus market. We’re also the number one owner and operator of e-buses in Australia and New Zealand, and are quickly expanding into light commercial vehicles and trucks. Our rapidly growing company is looking for highly talented and motivated people to join us. 

THE OPPORTUNITY

Zenobē is looking to hire an experienced Senior Procurement Manager to help deliver some of the largest battery energy storage (BESS) assets in the UK (300-500MW+ in size), and support our market entry into the German BESS market. The role will play an integral part of the growing Procurement Team and support in shaping its future way of working to deliver on Zenobē’s growth plans. The candidate should be comfortable supporting multiple live development projects on a multi-contracting basis, and flexible in supporting the wider business needs as required.

The primary focus of the role with be leading in sourcing and negotiating contracts for our BESS development projects across multiple categories (including balance of plant, civils & transformer packages), as well as development of procurement and contract strategies.

It is expected that the candidate can be home based or from Zenobē’s head office in London. (if the former, some travel to the Zenobē’s head office in London will be required).

A TASTE OF THE DAY TO DAY

• Reporting functionally into the UK Head of Procurement.

• Responsible for leading the developing procurement & contract strategies, sourcing & negotiating contracts across multiple categories on Zenobē’s live BESS development projects

• Support and help lead central procurement initiatives, including reviewing and developing new processes and procedures & improving on existing ones.

• Lead development and negotiation of key strategic framework agreements across the business

• Support improvement initiatives on Zenobē’s existing contractual forms

• Support in building a culture of lessons learned being taken from the construction phase into upcoming development projects

• Support in developing SRM strategy across the business

• Develop and maintain good business relationships with new and existing contractors & internal and external stakeholders

• Support in contract management phase as required

Health and Safety

• Actively contribute to Zenobe's commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and sustainability by; integrating these principles into daily responsibilities, ensuring a safe and supportive work environment, promoting both the physical and mental health of self and colleagues, and adopting sustainable and energy-efficient practices to minimize environmental impact. By doing so, each employee at Zenobe plays a vital role in fostering a culture that prioritises overall safety, holistic wellbeing, environmental sustainability in our business operations.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience. Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero carbon world.

• 5 -10 Years’ + experience in Procurement/Commercial/Contracts management with relevant qualifications (e.g BSc QS, RICS, CIPS) preferred

• The preferred candidate will hold relevant experience in the construction of battery energy storage system assets and/or other generation or infrastructure assets

• Project experience on a multi-contracting basis

• Experience with FIDIC and other forms of contract

• Preferably experienced in full end-to-end procurement and contract management, including formalising strategies, SRM, sourcing, negotiation, claims, variation and cost management

• A genuine passion for renewable energy

• Preferably experience of working on electrically focused packages

• Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams (legal, engineering, construction, finance, etc)

• Experience in developing new and improving existing procurement processes & procedures across a business

WORKING AT ZENOBE

We’re passionate about sustainability and are proud to offer Team Zenobē a pioneering and collaborative working environment. We encourage our people to take ownership of their career progression and celebrate those that can think outside the box.

If you’d like to join our community of likeminded people hit the apply button now, we’d love to hear from you!

WHAT WE OFFER

Charge your career at Zenobē and receive

• Up to 33% annual bonus for being awesome

• 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service up to 30 days, plus bank holidays

• Private Medical Insurance

• £1,500 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do

• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme

• Pension scheme, up to 8% matched contributions

• Enhanced parental leave

• Cash back health plan

• Fertility Leave

• Payroll giving, charitable donations

• Plus more

Lots of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexitime and hybrid working. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but please talk to us about the flexibility you need and let’s see how we can make it work.

OUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our people are our strongest asset and the key determinant of our success, and we value a range of skillsets and perspectives. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We work to provide equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment, where everyone is fairly treated in the application process and through their career at Zenobē. If there are any adjustments that would help improve your experience with Zenobē, please let us know when you apply.