Senior Procurement & Contracts Lead - Renewable Energy

Mint Selection Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and flexible working patterns

Private healthcare

Pension contribution up to 10%

25 days annual leave + holidays

Job summary

Mint Selection is seeking an experienced Procurement & Contracts Manager in London to lead structured contract governance across a growing renewable energy portfolio. The role combines supplier management, tendering, risk assessment, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, construction, and commercial teams.

You will oversee contract administration, reporting, and KPI-based performance reviews, while shaping procurement strategies aligned to regulatory and ESG standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in procurement, contracts management, or commercial management within the renewable energy, utilities, infrastructure, or construction sectors.
• Demonstrable experience managing multiple contracts and procurement activities across complex project environments.
• Strong knowledge of contract administration, governance frameworks, supplier management, and procurement best practice.
• Experience leading competitive tender processes, supplier evaluations, contract negotiations, and award recommendations.
• Strong understanding of contractual and commercial risk management principles.
• Experience developing procurement strategies, policies, governance procedures, and supplier performance frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, influencing, and communication skills.
• Strong report writing, organisational, and analytical capabilities with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage a structured framework for project-related contracts across the organisation's renewable energy portfolio.
• Maintain contract registers, reporting systems, governance procedures, and audit-ready documentation.
• Monitor contractual obligations, project milestones, and key supplier deliverables to ensure compliance and performance.
• Partner with engineering, construction, project delivery, and commercial teams to ensure regulatory, technical, and contractual compliance.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate contractual and commercial risks, including delays, cost overruns, supplier underperformance, and contractual disputes.
• Manage contract administration activities including variations, extensions of time, claims, warranties, guarantees, insurance requirements, and contractual correspondence.
• Lead tendering and procurement activities from supplier selection and evaluation through negotiation, recommendation, and contract award.
• Develop and maintain procurement strategies, governance frameworks, policies, and supplier management processes.
• Conduct supplier due diligence and risk assessments, including ESG, ethical sourcing, and modern slavery compliance reviews.
• Monitor contractor and supplier performance through KPI reporting, governance reviews, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Prepare management reports, dashboards, and procurement performance metrics for senior stakeholders and governance committees.
• Support long-term supplier relationship management and remain informed on emerging renewable energy technologies, supply chain developments, and market trends.

Skills

Procurement management

Contract governance

Supplier management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Analytical capabilities

Reporting

Job description

Mint Selection is seeking an experienced Procurement & Contracts Manager in London to lead structured contract governance across a growing renewable energy portfolio. The role combines supplier management, tendering, risk assessment, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, construction, and commercial teams.

You will oversee contract administration, reporting, and KPI-based performance reviews, while shaping procurement strategies aligned to regulatory and ESG standards.