At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. National Grid provides the environment for our teams to thrive and make a real impact. As we drive momentum in the energy transition for all, we are committed to ensuring that every employee feels empowered and engaged. So, join us as a Supplier Engagement Manager, and find your superpower.

Reporting to the Head of Supplier Engagement & Governance, the Supplier Engagement Manager will play a pivotal role in positioning National Grid as a customer of choice for our suppliers. This role is key to strengthening and maximising critical supplier relationships to better support our strategic objectives. They will help shape and embed a consistent approach to ongoing engagements, lead relationships with our most strategic suppliers at C-Suite level and collaborate closely with category managers and Business Unit leads. Together, they will drive meaningful engagement, unlock innovation, and deliver initiatives that enhance National Grid’s standing as a preferred client—ultimately ensuring a resilient and future ready supply chain for the next five to ten years.

This role is based out of our Warwick office. We’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you!

What You’ll Do:

• Deliver National Grid’s Supplier Relationship Management strategy, partnering with executive sponsors, category teams, and Business Unit leads.
• Lead engagement with strategic suppliers, coordinating forums, workshops, and initiatives that drive value, innovation, and long term collaboration.
• Support the development of supplier strategies by integrating cross functional input (e.g., Sustainability, Risk) and aligning plans to business priorities.
• Help resolve conflicting priorities across categories and Business Units, providing recommendations and escalating where needed.
• Maintain oversight of our supplier landscape and work with Market Supplier Development to identify and access new markets.
• Contribute to supplier segmentation, governance, performance management, and the continuous evolution of our supplier management approach.
• Partner with global and regional teams to support commercial strategies, contract risk assessment, and mitigation planning.

What You’ll Have:

• Outstanding stakeholder and supplier management skills, with the confidence and credibility to influence senior leaders—both within National Grid and across our strategic supplier network.
• Strong commercial acumen, including knowledge of commercial models and best in class supplier engagement techniques that drive continuous improvement and long term value.
• Proven negotiation expertise, backed by solid understanding of contract law and experience delivering successful procurement / commercial outcomes.
• Sharp analytical capability, able to interpret KPIs and contract data, identify commercial risks, and support category teams in managing supplier performance.
• Comfort working in ambiguity, with the ability to make sound decisions and offer clear recommendations even when information is incomplete.
• Strong programme management skills, able to coordinate complex workstreams with multiple stakeholders and consistently drive results.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What You'll Get:

£60,000 -£70,000 dependent on experience.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance with on target being 15% (with a maximum of 30%) and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information:

This role closes on 8 April at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

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About Us:

National Grid is pioneering ways to decarbonise the energy system; from building interconnectors to allow the UK to share clean energy with our neighbours in Europe, to investing in renewable energy generation in the United States.