Senior Supply Chain Specialist - 12 month FTC

EDF Energy

  • London
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 2 days ago
Job DescriptionAt EDF, success is personal. Here you'll develop a career that's unique to you. Whether you want to move horizontally, deepen your specialty, or advance through the levels - it's your journey, powered by us.The OpportunityWe're looking for a Senior Supply Chain Specialist to join the team on a temporary 12-month basis. The Senior Supply Chain Specialist will be responsible for supporting the Supply Chain team and its stakeholders with end-to-end supply chain activities, ensuring alignment with stakeholder needs, system capabilities, company policies and compliance requirements. As a Senior Supply Chain Specialist you'll be a key business partner, working collaboratively with internal stakeholders to understand operational needs, providing governance, systems and compliance guidance to support delivery.Pay, benefits and cultureAlongside a competitive salary depending on experience, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal.We're talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.Here, we do right by each other and everyone's welcome. We're on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We'd like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.We're a disability confident employer and we'll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That's why we support you to pursue a career that's unique to you. Because success is personal.What you'll be doingAs the Senior Supply Chain Specialist, you will be accountable for the support and development of our Supply Chain systems, but we encourage a high degree of cross-over between the systems and the governance roles; ensuring close collaboration in the team and close alignment between our policies, processes and the systems that support them.Key Responsibilities:
  • Management and delivery of compliant, efficient and effective systems and support across the breadth of supply chain categories, including the development and use of business information management and reporting systems.
  • Working with and influencing Supply Chain teams, subject matter experts and business owners at all levels, including senior leadership team, ensuring supply chain systems, processes and controls are in place and maintained in a way that provides the Business with commercially acceptable outcomes.
  • Taking ownership of determining and managing the priorities for the stakeholders, working with minimal supervision on all aspects of the role.
  • Working collaboratively with the wider Supply Chain team and business colleagues to create a great place to work.
  • Working with the off-shore support team to provide excellent customer service and support to internal and external customers
  • Demonstrate a strong customer service orientation while consistently adhering to governance and compliance needs, safety protocols and environmental standards.
  • As one of the Business Owners of Supply Chain systems, you'll be responsible for, establishing and managing strong relationships with the system and service providers.
  • Where relevant, identifying and leveraging group procurement synergies.
  • Safeguarding the company by ensuring that all Supply Chain processes are efficient, transparent and compliant with internal policies and external regulations, with particular focus on driving ethical and sustainable sourcing practices. You'll ensure these processes are followed and where appropriate deviations occur, the reasons for these are investigated and documented in advance and understood.
  • Ensuring risks are understood and mitigated to an agreed level through effective systems, processes and professional relationships with our key stakeholders, suppliers and contractors.
  • Ensuring third party suppliers and contractors both understand and work in alignment with our health, safety, environment and quality practices and standards.
Who you areTo excel in this role, you will:
  • Exhibit a highly service-oriented and stakeholder-focused mindset, with the ability to anticipate needs, build strong relationships, and deliver value through proactive communication and collaboration. You'll demonstrate empathy, responsiveness, and a commitment to exceeding expectations across multiple diverse stakeholder groups.
  • Proven experience in managing and administering enterprise level IT systems
  • Demonstrate solid knowledge of systems and procurement processes, with proven experience and a proactive attitude in data management, automation, compliance and reporting.
  • You'll be confident navigating complex control frameworks, collaborating across departments and continuously enhancing your system and governance acumen.
  • Have proven experience in Supply Chain process management, including supplier sourcing, documentation, evaluation, and selection and management of the tendering and award of multidiscipline contracts.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communications skills, coupled with strong verbal reasoning and analytical skills to allow you to convey complex information clearly and persuasively to a range of audiences.
  • Excellent presentation, influencing and facilitation skills and the ability to enable effective stakeholder engagement and decision-making support.
  • Experience working within procurement or supply chain environments with a solid understanding of end-to-end supply chain and supplier management processes.
  • Forward thinking mindset with an appreciation for how automation, robotics and AI can be leveraged to enhance to business efficiencies, reduce risk and improve outcomes.
  • You'll also be committed to health, safety, wellbeing and the environment, carrying out your role in a manner that enables us to be a sustainable business - financially, environmentally and socially.
If this sounds like you, then we'd love to hear from you!Closing date for applications: 14th September 2025Location: Flexible (Hybrid - with occasional travel to our office in London)Additional InformationSuccess is personal. It's your journey, powered by us. Join us and we'll help Britain achieve Net Zero together.

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