Senior Procurement Consultant
Posted Today by Procurement Heads
£75 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Procurement Consultant will play a pivotal role in enhancing the resilience of the UK Energy Supply by delivering front-end commercial strategies within a procurement team. This position involves managing strategic tenders, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement, and maintaining project management documentation. The consultant will focus on cost-effective and sustainable energy procurement while navigating complex regulatory environments. Exceptional project management and stakeholder management skills are essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver procurement sourcing for 1-2 strategic tenders at a time.
- Identify best sourcing strategies and lead events from market engagement to contract award.
- Manage project documentation, including RAID logs, project plans, and project reporting.
- Lead ‘Network Services’ tenders and ensure cost-effective energy procurement.
- Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders and maintain governance and compliance.
- Manage complex service agreements with generators and navigate regulatory complexities.
- Work closely with engineering and customer teams to translate technical requirements into procurement strategies.
Key Skills:
- Experience in leading Public Sector Sourcing Strategy within the Energy Sector.
- Ability to maintain governance and compliance while ensuring cost efficiency.
- Experience managing complex service agreements with significant financial value.
- Knowledge of OffGen regulations and power systems engineering concepts.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to challenge assumptions.
- Experience in regulated procurement environments, preferably in utilities or government.
- Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
- Background in energy, utilities, or construction.
Salary (Rate): £75.00/hr
City: Warwick/Woking
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Procurement Heads are working on a critical assignment with a National Operator responsible for improving resilience across UK Energy Supply, securing sustainable, independent and affordable power for future generations.
Overview
Deliver front end commercial strategy within existing procurement team working on complex and challenging infrastructure programmes. In this role you will deliver procurement sourcing for 1-2 strategic tenders at a time, identifying the best sourcing strategies, and leading events from market engagement through to contract award. Exceptional project management of strategic tenders is required, keeping the sourcing team on track through communication and maintenance of key project management documentation, such as RAID logs, project plans, project reporting and RACIs. Key responsibility is leading ‘Network Services’ tenders. You will need exceptional stakeholder management skills and must be able to build collaborative relationships quickly. The existing team ensures cost-effective and greener energy procurement through advanced agreements with generators, avoiding expensive on-the-day market purchases. Procuring balancing services for the UK energy system. No direct line management; role requires independent delivery and integration into a highly competent team.
Key skills
- Leading Public Sector Sourcing Strategy [Energy Sector]
- Maintain governance and compliance while ensuring cost efficiency.
- Support continuity during team’s strategic focus on new categories.
- Manage complex service agreements with generators (10-year contracts, multi-billion-pound value).
- Navigate technical and regulatory complexity (OffGen regulations, power systems engineering concepts).
- Work closely with engineering, operability, and customer teams to translate technical requirements into procurement strategies.
- Maintain strong stakeholder relationships while challenging assumptions and ensuring commercial rigor.
- Experience in regulated or highly governed procurement environments (utilities, government, energy sector preferred).
- Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
- Background in energy, utilities, or construction.
Location, Remuneration and Timeframe
Hybrid Working [mostly remote] 4 days a month on site Warwick/Woking £550pd Inside IR35
Contact thomas@procurmentheads.co.uk 07909484041