Supply Chain Optimisation Lead

Supply Chain Optimisation Lead - UK-wide - £60,000 to £75,000 - 24 month FTC

National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. We transport gas throughout Great Britain, repair and maintain gas pipelines, and manage the meters that allow millions of homes and businesses to access the energy they need. We are the national gas network, providing secure energy to power Britain, achieve net zero, and maintain our industrial competitiveness. 

Recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2025 by Great Place to Work® UK!  National Gas Metering maintains and manages around 6.8 million domestic, industrial and commercial combined gas assets across the UK, enabling homes and industry to access the energy they need safely and reliably. We support new connections and maintain existing installations.

About the role

Are you passionate about driving strategic change and continuous improvement? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where you can lead transformational activities across people, processes, and systems? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

As the Supply Chain Optimisation Lead, you will be at the forefront of our contract optimisation project, leading a team to review, streamline, and enhance our contract management processes.

Your responsibilities will include evaluating existing contracts, identifying opportunities for cost savings, minimising risks, improving compliance, and enhancing overall contract performance. You will facilitate employee-led focus groups, build strong cross-functional relationships, and foster accountability and resilience within your team.

In this role, you will lead, inspire, and motivate the contract optimisation project team, developing their capability, competency, and capacity to align with the Metering business strategy and vision. You will ensure that projects are coherent, flexible, and collaborative, delivering value to our people, customers, and business.

By creating and maintaining an energetic, people-centric work environment, you will work closely with business leads and specialist teams to support key initiatives and milestones. Maintaining a commercial focus, you will continually review strategy and plans for continuous improvement, challenging the status quo to ensure our culture, operating model, and initiatives deliver expected outcomes.

What we are looking for

To be successful in this role, you should have proven experience in leading tactical, operational, and strategic change within Metering. Expertise in continuous improvement, commercial negotiations and change, programme/project management, contract optimisation, and engagement is essential.

You should have strong knowledge of metering installations and proactive risk mitigation, along with skills in applying project management models, tools, and techniques. The ability to create a psychologically safe working environment is crucial, as are excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation, and organisational skills.

You should be able to prioritise multiple concurrent workstreams and deliver timely outcomes, be highly motivated to take ownership and drive initiatives with minimal direction, and possess strategic, commercial, and innovative thinking.

You will be expected to create a sense of belonging, set direction, drive change, deliver results, and develop others. Your business capabilities should include advanced customer insights, stakeholder-centric approaches, complex commercial activities, performance excellence, project management, data management, and contract management.

What we can offer you

• Annual bonus of 10% based on personal and company performance 
• 26 days’ holiday plus statutory holidays - option available to buy extra or sell days 
• Double-match pension scheme - for every £1 you put in, we'll add £2 (max company contribution 12%) 
• Opt-In flexible benefit scheme, including salary sacrifice private healthcare, dental insurance, technology plans and more 
• Overtime at x1.5 normal and then x2 on Sunday
• Financial protection with 10x salary death in service and financial support if you're unable to work due to long term illness or injury 
• Excellent family friendly provisions - maternity/paternity/adoption/surrogacy/shared parental leave 
• Career progression, professional training and development – including access to LinkedIn Learning 
• Employee assistance programme offering free confidential professional counselling 24/7 
• Financial support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions 

About us

National Gas is securing Britain’s energy.  Gas is an essential part of a secure energy supply in Britain, and will continue to play a vital role for decades to come.  More than ever, we need the security that gas brings to keep the lights on, businesses running, and to protect jobs. National Gas provides that security.
 
We are responsible for transporting gas to power stations, major industries, storage facilities, more than 500,000 businesses, and 23 million homes through nearly 5,000 miles of pipes across Britain.
 
National Gas is also proud to lead the way in transforming the energy network for a net zero future. Gas provides the energy security to support renewable electricity generation, and we are developing our infrastructure to transport hydrogen and carbon dioxide across the country. 
     
We are committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve.  We celebrate the different experiences our colleagues bring to our organisation, and strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. 
 
Not sure you meet all the criteria? We'd encourage you to take a chance and apply anyway! At National Gas we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. 

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