Sustainability Supply Chain Manager in Cambuslang

Location: Cambuslang

Salary from £55,200 to £69,000 + up to 15% + Private Medical

Help us create a better future, quicker. The Supply Chain Manager will play a key part in the T3 plan, confirming and accelerating SP Transmission (SPT) sustainability commitments. Furthermore, they will deliver, monitor and continuously improve SPT supply chain through effective management of suppliers to ensure environmental and sustainability targets are achieved and that ISO20400 principles are maintained.

Supporting delivery of the Sustainability and Environmental commitments within the RIIO-T2 £1.8bn and T3 £11bn Capex programmes:

• To the required timescales agreed in the business plan
• Setting strategies plans with all key stakeholders to ensure commitments are met
• Highlighting and addressing any blockers to achieving the commitments to management

What you’ll be doing

• Support the specification of required products and services to facilitate sustainability improvements.
• Assist the review of contractor’s environmental and sustainability tender documentation with particular emphasis on environmental and sustainability regulations and requirements.
• Ensure compliance with company and legislative sustainability policies including related contract requirements, via contribution to contracting process, auditing of contractor/supplier processes and liaising with various third parties.
• Identify and develop supplier performance processes in-line with ISO20400 principles.
• Drive supplier performance excellence across the company, through best practice sharing and through the communication of KPI/metric comparisons and benchmarks.
• Action and lead engagement across the business, ensuring supplier performance meets the needs of our existing and future requirements.
• Promote the continued implementation of our RIIO-ED2 commitments with our supply chain partners.
• Manage Sustainability advisors to deliver our sustainability RIIO-T3 commitments.

What you’ll bring

The postholder will be a strong communicator (written and verbal) and be able to effectively present and report information to all. They will have good influencing and collaborative skills including working with third parties such as contractors. It is essential that the individual has an understanding and awareness of key business drivers and commercial context in which SPEN operates.

To be successful, you will have:

• Degree level qualification, preferably in an environmental discipline.
• In depth knowledge of Supply Chain Management.
• Understanding of environmental legislation, regulatory guidance and standards.
• Understanding of the environmental and sustainability issues associated with supply chains and the methods to manage and reduce (e.g. ISO20400, PAS2080, BS8001).
• Sound planning and analysis skills - anticipate problems and plan solutions.
• Ability to plan and deliver work programmes autonomously.
• Experienced in managing projects, staff and working as part of a project team.
• Demonstrable experience in supplier performance development.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%. At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow.

That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Schemes
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy.

With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation. Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.