Senior Supply Chain Manager

**Join us as a Senior Supply Chain Manager with EDF Energy -**

**(London, Hybrid, Full-time, Permanent)**

**About Capita**

At Capita, we support clients across a range of sectors, including local Government, central Government, education, transport, health, life and pensions, insurance and other private sector organisations. We support with expertise applied by the talent acrossour business in combination with technology, insight and analytics to keep our clients ahead of change, sharper than competitors and more efficient than ever - and we always need new talent to help us achieve our goals.

**Why Join EDF Energy?**

We want to bring affordable, low-carbon energy to everyone and to do that requires both sharp minds and smart ideas to help shape the UK’s energy future. With the development of a new nuclear power station on the horizon, our goal is to become the best andmost trusted energy supplier for our customers, through a combination of trust, transparency, and teamwork.

EDF Energy is a core part of the EDF Group, one of the largest energy companies in Europe with key business operations in the UK, France, Italy, Belgium, and Poland. We are the UK’s leading generator and supplier of low carbon energy, producing around one-fifthof the nation’s electricity and employing more than 15,000 people. We operate nuclear, coal and gas power stations, wind farms, and combined heat & power plants. We have a focus on safe, dependable energy generation and an ethos of service excellence. We intendto play a leading role in new nuclear build in the UK and secure a bright future for the combined business and its employees

**Business Unit**

Sizewell C (SZC) will be a next-of-a-kind nuclear power plant in Suffolk, England using the same technology and design as the Hinkley Point C (HPC) nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset. The SZC Project is engineering-led to secure SZC’s designreplication strategy and a large part of the supply chain is being replicated from HPC. The Supply Chain directorate for SZC is now looking to establish its team of Supply Chain professionals responsible for the procurement/negotiation and subsequent commercialmanagement of SZC’s main construction contracts

**The Role of a Senior Supply Chain Manager**
- Reports to a Supply Chain Lead and is the primary point of contact for all supply chain/commercial matters relating to a supplier/contract assigned to them.
- Will operationally run the procurement process for several major subcontract and supply chain work packages on Sizewell C to support the Supply Chain Lead.
- Works closely and pro-actively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. This includes working as part of a multi-disciplinary team within a technically complex Programme.
- At all times promotes the SZC Project, its values and behaviours and ensures that SZC Project requirements are met and successfully delivered.
- Will promote and embed a strong nuclear safety culture, the right level of oversight, control and surveillance of supplier activities.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Proven ability of working within a complex major construction project/programme environment in both procurement, post-procurement phases and logistics work stream
- Evidence of successfully creating and delivering procurement/supply chain strategies
- Effective Management and Leadership skills, with clear knowledge of best practice contract methodologies in the UK environment.
- Honed commercial skills and demonstrable ability to make sound decisions on complex matters (considering technical and commercial topics) of high financial value.
- Good understanding of procurement, contract performance measurement, risk management and change and claim management.
- Excellent negotiating, influencing, problem-solving and communication skills.
- Member of RICS/ICE/CICES/IOB/CIPS or equivalent professional body
- Experience of standard forms of contract (NEC and FIDIC) within the power/construction industry on complex major projects/programmes.

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Familiar with the nuclear site licence conditions and the nuclear baseline philosophy, or other highly regulated industry
- Understanding of the UK regulatory framework.