Senior Category Leader

Energy and Utilities Senior Category Leader

London, United Kingdom

Discover a one-of-a-kind career. Our vision at Heathrow is to be an extraordinary airport, fit for the future. In the Finance team we know that generating income is critical to driving our business forward, but it’s also vital that we create positive passenger and customer experiences that make every journey better. You’ll help us to get the balance right so we can continue investing in our world‑class environment.

There’s something so special about working at the world’s most iconic airport. Heathrow’s size, scale, and reputation for innovation translates to exciting opportunities for everyone. Finance here is about more than numbers. It’s about being influential, developing trusted relationships, and showing the world that we’re a responsible investment with a bright future; a place that embraces digital innovation and has a sustainable mindset.

You’ll become part of a team that drives excellence across everything from insurance to investment, treasury to business partnering, as you collaborate widely to deliver projects that directly impact millions of passengers each year.

This is a high‑impact leadership role at the heart of Heathrow’s Energy & Utilities transformation. The role leads end‑to‑end operational procurement for some of the airport’s most critical energy categories such as electricity, water, gas, fuel and desalination. This role shapes how Heathrow sources, contracts and manages the systems that keep the airport running.

In this role, you will set the direction for category strategy, lead complex sourcing and commercial negotiations, and provide programme wide commercial oversight that directly informs senior decision making. With a mandate to drive value, resilience and innovation, the role translates complex technical and commercial detail into clear, actionable strategies that support Heathrow’s net‑zero ambitions and long‑term energy roadmap.

This role will require your leadership in a fast‑moving, multi‑stakeholder environment, and bringing deep Energy & Utilities procurement expertise, strong renewable market insight and the ability to challenge, advise and influence senior stakeholders.

• Leading commercial oversight of the Energy & Utilities Programme, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives, delivery milestones and operational requirements.
• Developing and evolving category strategies, sourcing pipelines and market intelligence to drive long‑term value, resilience and performance.
• Running complex, end‑to‑end strategic sourcing activity, shaping route‑to‑market strategies and delivering robust commercial outcomes.
• Providing leadership across Energy & Utilities procurement, driving market engagement, supplier capability assessments and forward‑looking strategy informed by regulatory and market developments.
• Negotiating and managing complex commercial agreements, KPIs and value mechanisms, ensuring benefits realisation and continuous performance improvement.
• Acting as a trusted advisor within programme governance, influencing senior stakeholders, ensuring consistent procurement standards and driving collaboration across teams.

• Significant experience leading Energy & Utilities procurement, with strong knowledge of renewable energy markets and regulatory dynamics.
• Proven ability to develop and execute category strategies and lead complex end‑to‑end strategic sourcing.
• Strong commercial and contractual leadership, including negotiating complex agreements and ensuring governance and value for money.
• Programme‑level commercial oversight capability, managing risks, interdependencies and performance across large, multi‑workstream environments.
• Credible senior stakeholder influence, acting as a trusted advisor and aligning diverse groups to procurement and commercial outcomes.
• Leadership experience driving high‑performance delivery, developing teams and fostering collaboration across procurement and wider functions.

• Experience shaping forward‑looking Energy & Utilities strategies informed by market dynamics, regulatory change and…