Procurement and pricing team manager

Equity Energies is changing the way organisations approach energy strategy.

We create energy equity for businesses and organisations by turning their Net Zero ambitions into action which delivers environmental, societal, and commercial value.

For more than 20 years, we’ve been at the forefront of the energy transition and our commitment remains unchanged; to continue to improve the energy model so it’s fit for the future, delivering greater efficiencies, less waste, and more sustainable energy.

Our vision is for every organisation in the UK to be advancing on their pathway to Net Zero and beyond and benefiting from the value generated.

We are looking to recruit a Procurement and Pricing manager who will be responsible for the successful and timely delivery of all tendering and market pricing requests, working with department managers and SLT to optimise interdepartmental relationships and engaging with suppliers to maintain strategic and profitable partnerships. They will be a dynamic individual who encourages a culture of continuous improvement, leading the review and scrutiny of ways of working to ensure processes are compliant and operationally efficient, with a comprehensive understanding of the team’s commercial impact on the business.

They will lead a team of subject matter experts in the procurement and pricing team, supporting the coaching and development of their reports, providing regular 1-1’s and ensuring they are engaging with the wider business and promoting the values of the business across all internal and external interactions.

Pricing and Procurement Managers have to be at their best in periods of high demand, balancing workload for a team of process experts to ensure positive operational practice, whilst pivoting accommodate new business demands.

A successful Procurement and Pricing Manager candidate will have various prerequisite skills and qualifications that typically include:

Essential

• Minimum of five year experience in an electricity & gas pricing role or equivalent tendering capacity.
• Comprehensive understanding of flexible, basket and fixed supplier contract arrangements, electricity and gas market structures and the end to end procurement and pricing journey.
• Experience in building strong working, and trusted relationships with Energy Suppliers.
• Experience in producing and maintaining department level reporting to demonstrate team and business output and supplier engagement.
• Experience in communicating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, including managing challenging conversation.
• Ability to maintain positive operational relationships with key internal departments, collaborating and negotiating priorities to optimise customer experience and commercial position.
• Demonstrable experience in embracing an environment of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Experience in product origination or structured product design.
• Exposure to data analytics, price shape optimisation or demand side management
• An understanding of broader business commercial arrangements and the impact that pricing and procurement operations have on them.

Equity Energies is committed to driving diversity and inclusion across its workforce, striving to attract and develop the best talent regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, ethnicity or any other factor, and building a diverse and supportive culture of respect and fairness for all. Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Furthermore, Equity Energies embraces flexible working and understand that we all have commitments outside work. We want to work with you to find a working pattern that both allows you a great work/life balance and allows us to provide an excellent service to our customers. If you feel that you would benefit from working a different pattern to that advertised, we encourage you to talk to us about this during the recruitment process.

Candidates with different flexibility needs are encouraged to apply.