Commercial Strategy Lead

National Grid; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the energy sector seeks a Commercial Strategy Lead to drive the commercial strategy for major infrastructure projects. The role involves developing contract strategies and ensuring value for money while managing risks and supply chains. Flexible working arrangements are available, with a mix of office and home working.

Benefits

Company Car

Annual Performance Based Bonus

Private Medical Insurance

Generous Pension Scheme

Financial Support for Professional Development

Flexible Benefits

Family Care Benefits

Health and Wellbeing Apps

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial or procurement roles on large scale capex infrastructure projects.
• In-depth understanding of contract management and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement commercial strategy for major electricity transmission projects.
• Develop contract strategy and governance framework for contractors and suppliers.

Skills

Commercial Acumen

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Persuasion Skills

Tools

NEC4 Contract Framework

Job description

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Department: Electricity Transmission - Non-Operations

Job Function: Capital Project Delivery

As owners of Wales and England’s electricity transmission network we are responsible for the decarbonisation of the energy system. This is an essential part of the country’s Net Zero journey, and in order to make it happen we need to successfully deliver a portfolio of new, infrastructure projects. These projects are often between £10m and £250m, building new and redeveloped substations and upgrading overhead lines and cables.

As Commercial Strategy Lead, as part of the Infrastructure Delivery (ID) team, you’ll be responsible for defining and implementing the commercial strategy for the delivery of major electricity transmission infrastructure projects. You’ll drive the contractual and commercial frameworks, developing default budget and risk principles for capital schemes, ensuring the robustness of the supply chain capability to ensure we obtain value for money.

With broad accountability, you’ll develop contract strategy, work closely with other stakeholders to define individual contract strategies tailored to the needs of the projects/programmes, ensuring value for money.

In addition, you’ll develop the governance framework relating to contractors and suppliers to facilitate risk tracking and monitoring of the full supply chain. With great competition for resources and equipment, you’ll need to develop innovative approaches and contract mechanisms to ensure that we have access to the contract resource we need to build the network that will help deliver a net zero energy network for the UK.

We’re flexible on where you’re based, and the role will offer a mix of office and home working, with travel to various sites to interact with Project Directors.

What you'll need

Having previously worked on large scale capex infrastructure projects, you’ll have experience in a commercial or procurement role within a corporate environment. You’ll have experience of strategic supply chain management within a regulated environment and an in-depth understanding of contract management, including risk management. Knowledge and experience of energy utilities and Utility Contract Regulations would be beneficial.

You’ll have sound knowledge and direct experience of construction contracts, NEC4 contract frameworks and experience of strategic supply chain management.

Strong commercial acumen, highly analytical and numerate, you’ll also have strong influencing, persuasion, communication and interpersonal skills.

Key Accountabilities

• A salary of £75,000 to £93,000 + Benefits package.
• Company car
• Annual Performance Based Bonus of up to 20%
• 28 days annual leave plus eight statutory days
• Private Medical Insurance with the chance to purchase for your partner or family.
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – so long as it’s relevant to your role.
• Access to flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
• Access to apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.

More Information

This role closes at midnight on 27th May 2025 however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

At National Grid we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

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At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

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