Industrial Supply Chain Strategy Lead

Job Title:

Industrial Supply Chain Strategy Lead

Location:

Aberdeen

Reporting to:
Head of Supply Chain Strategy

Number of Roles Available: 1

Join Great British Energy and be part of powering the UK's Clean Energy Future. At GBE, we’re not just building an energy company - we’re shaping the future of the UK's energy landscape.

• Drive clean energy deployment across the UK as a strategic developer, investor, and owner of renewable projects
• Deliver benefits for communities and taxpayers, ensuring the clean energy transition creates jobs, boosts local economies, and increases public ownership
• We focus on innovation, sustainability, and impact, working on projects that matter from large-scale national renewable investments to empowering local and community energy initiatives

• Purpose-driven work Be part of a national effort to accelerate the clean energy transition
• Career growth Opportunities to develop expertise in cutting-edge energy technologies and strategic investment
• Collaboration and flexibility Work with passionate professionals in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Great British Energy is looking for a Industrial Supply Chain Strategy Lead to join our GBE Supply Chain Team. This role will play a key part in contributing to projects, objectives, and wider organisational goals.

• Oversee the delivery of GBE's Supply Chain Investment Strategy across industrial supply chain sectors, providing technical and commercial leadership to challenge and refine outputs
• Lead investment origination across industrial supply chain sectors, building and managing a high-quality pipeline of investment opportunities
• Oversee the development of market analysis and sector insights, providing technical and commercial expertise to the Transactions Team to support drafting of Investment Committee papers
• Lead industry engagement across industrial supply chains, building trusted relationships with component manufacturers, developers, operators, EPCs and trade bodies
• Work closely with DESNZ, Ofgem, the NSTA and public finance institutions to identify and help resolve policy, regulatory and financial barriers to delivering key supply chain investments in the industrial energy supply chain
• Actively participate in senior-level Boards, working groups, events and site visits to represent GBE and promote our supply chain funding to the industrial energy sector, including through the North Sea Futures Board and Aberdeen Taskforce
• Contribute to a high performing, inclusive team culture, sharing knowledge and supporting continuous improvement across the Supply Chain function
• Line management and responsibility for the professional development of Band B Industrial Supply Chain Advisors

• Strong technical and commercial understanding of energy supply chains, with demonstrable experience working in the industrial energy sector
• Significant experience in investment strategy development, investment origination, screening and market analysis in the industrial energy sector
• Ability to build trusted relationships across industry, government and public bodies
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to operate effectively and build consensus to overcome barriers to investment execution
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to promote GBE's supply chain funding in external forums

• Experience working for a manufacturer, developer or operator of industrial energy components, equipment and/or services
• Experience in investment strategy development for a manufacturer, developer or operator in the industrial energy sector
• Experience working with the public sector, including within or alongside public finance institutions, to identify and screen energy investment opportunities
• Experience working in the supply chain of one or more of the following sectors:
• Carbon Capture
• Utilisation and Storage
• Hydrogen
• Oil and Gas

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