Associate Commercial Practitioner

Crown Commercial Service; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector procurement agency in the UK is seeking a candidate to support energy net zero commercial agreements and assist in procurement activities. This role involves managing customer enquiries, developing marketing materials, and working with suppliers to drive decarbonisation initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in commercial agreements and building relationships with stakeholders. This position is full-time with opportunities for remote work.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous pension scheme

Discretionary performance bonus

Flexi time scheme

Annual leave of up to 30 days

Qualifications

• Experience of forming and/or managing Commercial Agreements.
• Experience building and managing relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Resilience and ability to work in a fast-paced environment delivering quality.

Responsibilities

• Support the management of energy net zero commercial agreements.
• Deal with day-to-day customer enquiries and maintain documentation.
• Create marketing material to promote agreements.

Skills

Commercial Agreements Management

Customer Relationship Management

Data Analysis

Risk Management

Energy Industry Knowledge

Job description

Overview

Band: 3

Location: Liverpool/Newport/Norwich/Birmingham

Terms: Permanant

Hours: Full Time/Compressed

Closing Date: 01/12/25

Job summary

In this role you’ll be supporting customers utilising our new Provision of Power Agreement framework and helping the public sector buy design, build and deliver innovative solutions and services across the renewable and decarbonisation industry.

You’ll be working rigorously on strategy and procurement in areas with ambitious growth targets through strategic commercial and procurement customer support; we are seeking talented individuals that can successfully manage multiple conflicting tasks within very tight timescales to support our successful team.

Directorate overview

Within the Commercial Directorate the Estates Category is one of 3 sub areas with 3 Category areas; Construction, Energy and Workplace. We have over 5.8 billion of spend come through our commercial agreements and support public sector manage their estate from new builds to energy efficiency on existing estate.

Team summary

The Energy Net Zero team forms part of the Energy Category team which is fundamental in CCS’s vision for renewable energy. You will be part of a creative and talented team delivering transformational and innovative renewable energy services and solutions supporting the UK public sector decarbonisation challenges and UK Climate Change goals.

This role will support procurement activities within the public sector, working on new and innovative agreements and assisting public sector buyers maximise their procurements. You will also be working with some of the top global energy suppliers as well as local businesses in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the management of energy net zero commercial agreements through all stages of their life cycle, including preparation, delivery and auditing of customer meetings.
• Dealing with day-to-day customer enquiries and maintaining documents/pipelines/logs.
• Understanding customer needs to determine how our product portfolio may support their business in a complex energy context, with ability to simplify complex terminology.
• Undertake due diligence and manage competing deadlines.
• Create clear and compelling marketing material for customers to adopt our agreements and understand the value delivered for estates decarbonisation.
• Execute engagement plans and initiatives with current and new customers to retain and grow spend; work closely with other departments to maximise CCS reach.
• Development of supplier engagement plans; supplier management including reviews and cost/risk management and timely provision of management information.
• Work with customers, suppliers and colleagues to identify, track and report projects or pipeline opportunities and to report on commercial benefits.
• Support procurement documentation, due diligence and provide support to senior leaders.
• Develop knowledge of Category Strategies, Supplier Market and Commercial Agreements to provide insights to customers.

Essential criteria

• Experience of forming and/or managing Commercial Agreements.
• Experience building and managing relationships with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders while handling day-to-day enquiries.
• Experience in collation, analysis and presentation of data to identify trends or growth in spend through a commercial agreement/framework.
• Experience in managing risks, issues, maintenance and management of performance logs and KPIs.
• Resilience and ability to work in a fast-paced environment delivering quality.
• Energy industry knowledge including decarbonisation and net zero products and service areas.
• In the event of high number of quality applications, desirable will be used as a second sift.

Desirable criteria

• Energy industry knowledge including decarbonisation and net zero products and service areas.

Success profiles

• Behaviours: Communicating and Influencing; Managing a Quality Service; Delivering at Pace.
• Technical: Data analysis and presentation; Framework Management; Contract delivery and performance management.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous pension scheme
• A discretionary non-contractual performance related bonus
• Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location
• Flexi time scheme (available for B1-B6)
• Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays

Selection Process

Candidates who are successful at sift will be contacted as soon as possible following the closing date and advised of the interview process in more detail. The sift will commence on 02 December and interviews will be held WC 8th December, either at one of our offices or via video with times/dates to be confirmed. (Subject to change)

For more information on the recruitment process, please click here.

Notes: Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application; statements must be truthful and taken from your own experience. A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months to fill future vacancies.