Director of Supply Chain Investment

Job Title:

Director of Supply Chain Investment

Location:

Aberdeen/Edinburgh

Reporting to:
Managing Director - Supply Chain

Number of Roles Available: 1

Company Overview:

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.

Our mission is clear:

* 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

Joining GBE means

* 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

If you want to make a real difference and help power a greener, fairer future for the UK, GBE is the place for you.

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

About the Role:

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

Key Responsibilities:

* Lead commercial supply chain investment activity, including direct equity, debt, convertible instruments, co-investment and other market-facing products

* Originate and develop a high-quality pipeline of investable opportunities across energy manufacturing, components, enabling infrastructure, technology, logistics and industrial capabilities

* Own transaction execution, including screening, commercial assessment, financial modelling, valuation, due diligence, structuring, negotiation, approvals, documentation, completion and post-investment monitoring

* Assess opportunities against strategic fit, commercial viability, risk-adjusted return, additionality, deliverability, value for money, subsidy control and industrial impact

* Oversee preparation of investment committee papers, board materials and senior decision-making documents with clear, evidence-based recommendations

* Lead financial, commercial and investment due diligence, working with internal teams, external advisers, government stakeholders and co-investors as required

* Structure investments to protect taxpayer value, manage downside risk, crowd in private capital and support long-term industrial outcomes

* Build relationships with target companies, developers, OEMs, manufacturers, investors, lenders, advisers, public finance institutions and regional partners

* Work with the Director of EEUK Programme and Public Investment to align commercial investments with the wider EEUK portfolio and blended intervention design where relevant

* Work with the Director of Supply Chain Strategy and Partnerships to ensure transaction origination reflects strategic priorities, market intelligence and future capability needs

* Work closely with GBE corporate functions, including Finance, Legal, Risk, Governance, Commercial, Procurement, People, Communications and Strategy, to ensure investment activity is compliant, assured, controlled and aligned with GBE policies, delegations and risk appetite

* Partner with Finance, Legal, Risk, Governance and Commercial on investment models, valuations, accounting treatment, transaction structures, shareholder rights, covenants, conflicts management, adviser appointments and decision records

* Lead post-investment monitoring and portfolio management, including performance tracking, covenant monitoring, risk management, value protection and exit planning where relevant

* Support the development of GBE's investment policies, portfolio reporting and performance management frameworks

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