Job Title: EV Procurement Advisor

Job Location: Sunbury-On-Thames (Hybrid)

Contract Length: November 2024 (Initially)

Industry: Oil and Energy, Procurement

Key Requirements: EV / Network infrastructure rollout experience, senior stakeholder engagement experience

Role Overview:

we have recently revised our EV ambition, now with more than 100k chargers across 17 countries in the next 6 years we are entering an exciting period of transition; living and breathing our net zero ambitions as an integrated energy company!

This is a critical role providing a range of support to the EV category management team and wider EV pulse business in an area of high strategic importance, including;

Developing and implementing sub-category strategies for battery energy storage (BESS) and load management (LM),

Establishing and leading supplier relationships,

Liaising with business leaders and their teams across cultures and geographies to drive value and support the delivery of the supply chain strategy in support of the business strategy.

What you will do:

Manage the interface between Procurement BESS and LM category strategy development and implementation, working in partnership with the pulse business, regional interfaces and central support functions

Communicate effectively through various channels using different styles and approaches to gain dedication and support from diverse partners internally and externally to help achieve business outcomes, create acceptance for decisions, build consensus or resolve conflict

Generate communication content to ensure that category specific messages (such as status, plans, compliance and market insights) are effectively disseminated across the Procurement organization and the pulse business

Support the objective of no compromise on safe and compliant operations

Develop a strong working relationship with the key business teams

Support the build out of a pipeline of procurement initiatives for the business for operating cost management, Capital Expenditure optimisation other value targets

Support & run the Supplier Relationship Management framework for Strategic Suppliers

Ensure the appropriate due diligence and risk mitigation measures are in place for Supplier/Partner Selection and contractual protection in conjunction with the aligned Procurement functions – S&C, GBS

What you will have:

Proven experience in the EV category or a similar scale up business

Category strategy development and execution

Negotiation, sourcing, contracting and contract management

Skilled in supplier management

Experience in Ariba e-sourcing or other e-procurement tools

Good working knowledge of P2P processes, and SAP system

Influencing and stakeholder management skills

Interpersonal and project management skills

Financial and market analysis skills

Working in a matrix organisation with agile techniques is preferable

Outstanding written and oral communication skills

Desirable skills

Senior supply chain management experience with distributed infrastructure deployment programs

Product / category management experience with BESS and LM

Experience with power supplies and power conversion technologies

Experience with logistics and supply chain planning for international supply chains

Value engineering and value analysis skills

Trained on the principles of total quality management

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.