Job Description

Job description:

Commercial Specialist & Contract Management

Salary & Benefits(4a): £44,290 to £55,363 dependent on experience. Up to 10% pension with 5% contribution + annual bonus + retail savings schemes + online GP access + life assurance cover + free on-site parking + 25 days holiday + 1 wellbeing day + bank holidays

Location: Bradford, hybrid Working 1-2 days in the office per week

Work type:?Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday

We have an exciting opportunity for a?Commercial Specialist - Contract Manager?to join the Commercial Services Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity. New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Commercial Services Team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Yorkshire Water is gearing up to deliver the AMP8 investment programme starting in 2025. New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.

To meet this challenge, we are expanding our centralised Commercial Services team, offering rewarding career opportunities to drive the transformational change to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain across our Business. The role offers excellent prospects, training and progression for those seeking development.

Our team is responsible for sourcing and managing all of our contracted supplier relationships and supplier performance. This includes procurement, contract management, commercial assurance and accounts payable. The Programme Delivery Commercial team form an internal partnership to support the delivery of the capital programme, providing contract management and commercial support.

Where you fit in:

• You will be a skilled and motivated commercial practioner, with the drive and energy to deliver sustainable outperformance in a competitive industry for a regulated business.
• You will provide specialist commercial advise and contract manage agreements that underpin the supply chain. Acting as the principal point of contact, you will manage a portfolio of medium to high complex commercial arrangements for Goods, Services and Works and will lead and support in collaborative engagement across the supply chain.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, building positive relationships to influence the commercial approach & outcomes and ensuring effective supplier relationships.
• Strong commercial acumen to drive innovation, performance and value through the development, execution and management of the contract life cycle.
• Motivation in the pursuit of achieving outperformance, driving continuous improvement through efficiency and opportunity across a diverse supplier base.
• Excellent data analytical skills to interrogate and assess supply payments, spend trends, business forecast demand and develop key reporting metrics for a range of KPIs.
• A comprehensive understanding of contracts used in construction; engineering or a regulated environment to manage risk and ensure compliance to company policies, engineering standards and commercial terms.

You will also benefit from having:

• A strategic approach to assist in the development of Contract Strategies working with YW procurement partners to develop the supply chain.
• Extensive commercial experience of processes to drive continuous improvement and develop best practice in contract management.

We embrace a flexible working model, where our hybrid setup typically requires an average of 1-2 days in the office per week. This could be slightly more when collaborative efforts, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our office is open Monday-Friday during working hours.

If you’re an experienced Commercial Specialist professional and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.

Kelda Group values equality, diversity, and inclusion we believe that everyone should be treated with respect. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, religion or belief and trade union membership.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

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