Procurement & Commercial Manager (Marine)

Base Location

Glasgow and/or Perth

Salary

£66,100 - £99,100 (subject to experience) + car/car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing, and family.

Working Pattern

Permanent Full Time Flexible First options available

The role

We are looking for a Procurement and Commercial Manager to support SSE Renewables Offshore Development team to help secure and deliver a pipeline of offshore wind projects. Candidates should have pre and post contract experience of high value contracts preferably within marine packages within Renewables or a similar industry.

You will

• Strategic Procurement: Design and implement robust procurement strategies tailored to the unique demands of offshore development projects, ensuring alignment with SSE's goals and visions.
• Supplier Management: Build and nurture strong relationships with new and existing suppliers to drive collaboration, accountability, and alignment with project objectives. Monitor supplier performance and address any issues proactively.
• Team Leadership: Provide coaching, support, and development opportunities to ensure high performance across the team.
• Contract Negotiation and Oversight: Lead contract negotiations to secure restricted capacity with optimal terms for SSE, while managing ongoing contractual obligations to ensure compliance, value delivery, and risk mitigation.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential procurement and commercial risks, ensuring all activities are in line with governance and regulatory requirements.
• Cost Optimisation: Drive cost efficiency by identifying opportunities to improve value across procurement and commercial processes.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams, external partners, and stakeholders to align procurement and commercial activities with broader project objectives and corporate strategies.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Use analytics and insights to inform procurement strategies, monitor progress, and evaluate success. Continuously seek opportunities for improvement based on data and trends.
• Governance and Compliance: Champion procurement governance principles, ensuring all activities meet SSE's high standards of integrity, transparency, and compliance.
• Support Project Teams: Provide expert commercial guidance to project teams, offering insights and solutions to address procurement challenges and ensure project success.
• Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement by reviewing and refining procurement frameworks and operational processes to enhance efficiency and performance.

You have

• An understanding of offshore wind markets, supplier landscapes, asset management support contracts, regions, commodities, and services the businesses require and support the development of project business cases during the early stages of the projects that identify the optimum operational and commercial contracts models.
• Procurement, Legal or Quantity Surveying Degree or equivalent direct entry to recognised appropriate professional body preferred.
• Experience in a similar role where you were responsible for procuring, and managing marine based contracts, managing offshore focused suppliers and sub-contractors, including supplier vetting, development, and management.
• Understanding of supply chain concepts and offer solutions to improve them.
• Demonstrable senior stakeholder engagement and management skills are essential, as is the ability to influence, lead and resolve disputes and problem solve.

Benefits

Flexible benefits to fit your life: Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact Francesca on / to discuss how we can support you. We are dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.