Head of Global Energy Storage Procurement
Zenobē
London
ABOUT ZENOBE Our mission is to make clean power accessible. 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, supporting the National Grid with the uptake of renewable power. 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 We are offering an exciting opportunity for outstanding candidates with a passion for renewable energy to apply their skills to the real-life commercial deployment of energy storage projects globally. The Head of Global Energy Storage procurement will work our project development and delivery teams in the UK, US, ANZ (other regions to come) to build out a world class supply chain of battery storage integrators. A TASTE OF THE DAY TO DAY
WORKING AT ZENOBE 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
- Reporting to the director of procurement and contracts - network infrastructure
- Setting the procurement category strategy globally for battery energy storage supply chain
- Representing Zenobe globally across its most critical supply chain of battery storage integrators and acting as supplier relationship owner in this category
- Owning global volume or framework supply deals for battery storage
- Ensuring Zenobe is at the forefront of latest supplier technology developments in battery energy storage
- Managing a small team of battery energy storage experts
- Working with project teams and the rest of the procurement team to ensure the battery supply chain delivers key project objectives of cost, time, quality
- Interface to route to market and trading teams ensuring supplier commercial agreements align well with trading models and requirements
- Interface to project development teams providing expertise of commercial structures achievable with battery energy storage integrator suppliers
- Build best in class commercial arrangements and contract templates for battery energy storage suppliers
- Ensure project supply chain contracts are negotiated and contracted in line with timelines and project drivers around capex efficiency
- Member of the procurement and contracts leadership team - Network Infrastructure
- Work hand in hand with delivery to ensure all contractors across the delivery portfolio meet contractual performance obligations and delivery targets
- Leadership in mitigating commercial risk on construction projects
- Represent Zenobe at supply chain conferences and ensure we are a customer of choice for energy storage supply chain partners
- Providing senior level representation for Zenobe on claims or supplier contractual issues
- 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.
- 10 Years' + experience in procurement of complex capital equipment that has long term operational guarantee commercial models
- Previous experience of battery energy storage procurement and ideally a deep knowledge
- Deep industry knowledge and some technical subject matter expertise in battery storage developments
- Experience of procurement in a capital projects environment
- Team leadership experience
- Ability to interface with engineering teams
- Experience of owning a procurement category strategy globally and building a best in class supply chain for a global spend
- The preferred candidate will hold relevant experience in the construction of battery energy storage system and/or other renewables/generation assets
- Energy industry experience
- A genuine passion for renewable energy
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams (legal, engineering, construction, finance, etc)
WORKING AT ZENOBE 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
- 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service up to 30 days, plus bank holidays
- Private Medical Insurance
- £1,500 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do
- EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Pension scheme, up to 8% matched contributions
- Enhanced parental leave
- Cash back health plan
- Plus more
Posted 2025-09-11
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