Senior Planning Specialist

About the role

At National Grid, we're driving the transition to a clean, fair and affordable energy future.

As a Planning Specialist, you'll play a pivotal role within our UK Procurement Planning Team, helping to shape and support the performance, planning and continuous improvement agenda across Global Procurement.

We are currently recruiting for a Planning Specialist to join us on a 12 month fixed term contract.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly analytical and proactive individual who enjoys turning complex data into meaningful insights, influencing decision-making, and driving operational excellence.

You'll work across a variety of projects and initiatives, partnering with stakeholders throughout the business to improve performance, enhance processes, and ensure procurement services deliver maximum value.

Based in our Warwick office, this role offers hybrid working, with flexibility to support both your needs and those of the business.

What you'll do

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of procurement planning policies, processes and governance frameworks.
• Support the creation, management and monitoring of business plans to ensure activities remain aligned to strategic priorities.
• Produce insightful reports, presentations and leadership updates to communicate procurement performance and planning initiatives.
• Analyse large and complex datasets, translating information into clear, actionable insights and recommendations.
• Develop and maintain performance metrics and KPIs to support informed decision-making.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Procurement and the wider business, proactively resolving queries and driving actions to completion.
• Manage the Procurement Category Management and Planning System, including reporting, dashboards, access management and training materials.
• Support category teams in adopting planning standards and best practice through coaching, training and ongoing guidance.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, data quality, service delivery and operational efficiency through detailed analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.

What you'll need

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex information and communicate insights effectively.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to build relationships and influence at all levels.
• A collaborative, process-focused approach alongside resilience, initiative and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and delivering high-quality outputs to deadlines.
• Experience analysing commercial or operational data and translating findings into meaningful business recommendations.
• Knowledge of KPI development, performance reporting and data-driven decision making.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong PowerPoint capabilities, with experience using data visualisation tools such as Power BI.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy and reporting quality.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £50,600.00 -£59,635.00 per annum – dependent on capability.

 As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance 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 a number of 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 24th November 2026 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.