Procurement & Contracts Lead

Job Description

Our mission is to make clean power accessible, to accelerate the shift to zero-carbon power and transport around the world. We are passionate about making a positive impact on communities and the environment where we work.

We’re designing, financing, building and operating the world’s most sophisticated battery systems to enable the take up of more renewable power, electrifying fleets for cleaner air, and providing clean, portable power including repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Our proprietary software and data analysis optimises operational performance for our customers to reduce emissions and costs.

Since we began in 2017, we’ve raised over £2 billion in debt and equity funding and transformed it into >1GW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract and c.2,000 electric vehicles supported. We have operations in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Benelux, the USA and a global headquarters in London.

We’re the leading owner and operator of battery storage in the UK and we also work with c.90% of the UK's major bus companies, powering 25% of the UK e-bus market. We’re also the number one owner and operator of e-buses in Australia and New Zealand, and are quickly expanding into light commercial vehicles and trucks. Our rapidly growing company is looking for highly talented and motivated people to join us.

The Opportunity

12 month fixed term opportunity with potential to move to permanent.

Zenobē is looking to hire a Procurement and Contracts Lead to help deliver our growing ANZ portfolio of EV projects and build out local in region supply chain and drive commercial excellence in contracting. The role will play an integral part of the growing Procurement and Contracts team and support in shaping its future way of working to deliver on Zenobē’s growth plans. The candidate should be comfortable supporting multiple live projects and ideally have experience of construction projects and contract administration plus commodity procurement.

The primary focus of the role will be leading in sourcing, negotiating contracts and supplier management for EV categories (including site subcontractors, O&M partners, chargers, EV batteries), as well as support to EV delivery teams with contracts and commercial management predominantly supplier focused but with some customer contract support when needed.

A Bit About the Day to Day

• Being a business lead for critical supply chain relationships and develop of supply chain partnerships to support our ANZ EV business growth
• As the business matures a mix of strategic procurement and contract management activities, negotiation with project suppliers and partnering to delivery, sales and operations teams.
• Manging project contracting and supplier management
• Partnering to delivery to ensure commercial risk is mitigated in projects through effective supplier and customer contract management
• Building the supply chain for growth of our EV business in ANZ and helping deliver best in class capex and supplier performance
• Responsible for leading the development of procurement strategies
• Sourcing & negotiating contracts across multiple categories
• Lead development and negotiation of key strategic framework agreements across the business
• Support and help lead central procurement initiatives, including reviewing and developing new processes and procedures & improving on existing ones.
• Support improvement initiatives on Zenobē’s existing contractual forms
• Support in building a culture of lessons learned being taken from the construction phase into upcoming development projects
• Support in developing SRM strategy across the business
• Develop and maintain good business relationships with new and existing contractors & internal and external stakeholders
• Onboarding and due diligence of new and existing suppliers
• Actively contribute to Zenobe's commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and sustainability by; integrating these principles into daily responsibilities, ensuring a safe and supportive work environment, promoting both the physical and mental health of self and colleagues, and adopting sustainable and energy-efficient practices to minimize environmental impact. By doing so, each employee at Zenobe plays a vital role in fostering a culture that prioritises overall safety, holistic wellbeing, environmental sustainability in our business operations.

What We’re Looking For

• 8 Years’ + experience in Procurement/Commercial/Contracts management with relevant qualifications
• Ideally some construction contract administration or QS type experience
• Global commodity / capex procurement experience
• Experience in construction contracts
• The preferred candidate will hold relevant experience in an electrification-based industry
• Project experience on a multi-contracting basis
• Experienced in full end-to-end procurement and contract management, including formalising strategies, SRM, sourcing, negotiation, claims, variation and cost management
• A genuine passion for renewable energy
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams (legal, engineering, construction, finance, etc)
• Experience in developing and rolling out new procurement processes & procedures across a business

Working at Zenobē

We’re passionate about sustainability and are proud to offer Team Zenobē a pioneering and collaborative working environment. We encourage our people to take ownership of their career progression and celebrate those that can think outside the box.

If you’d like to join our community of likeminded people hit the apply button now, we’d love to hear from you!

What We Offer

Charge your career at Zenobē and receive

• Up to 33% annual bonus for being awesome
• 5 days 'Flex Leave' to take in the year
• Health allowance to contribute towards health insurance costs
• $2,600 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do
• EV Novated Leases
• Enhanced superannuation contributions
• Company paid parental leave
• Time off for volunteering

Lots of our people work flexibly in many different ways. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but please talk to us about the flexibility you need and let’s see how we can make it work.

Our Approach to Diversity and Inclusion

Our people are our strongest asset and the key determinant of our success, and we value a range of skillsets and perspectives. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We work to provide equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment, where everyone is fairly treated in the application process and through their career at Zenobē. If there are any adjustments that would help improve your experience with Zenobē, please let us know when you apply.