Commercial Contract Specialist

SevernTrentLife; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility company in the UK is seeking a Contract Specialist to manage Water Network contracts. The role involves supporting stakeholders, ensuring contract compliance, and collaborating with suppliers. Candidates should possess strong communication, influencing skills, and a knack for identifying commercial opportunities. The company offers attractive benefits, including 28 days holiday, an annual bonus scheme, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Annual bonus scheme

Leading pension scheme

Sharesave opportunities

Dedicated training and development

Electric vehicle scheme

Family friendly policies

Two volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Ability to understand financial and contract performance data.
• Skill in identifying commercial and new value opportunities.
• Strong influencing and problem-solving skills.
• Organizational and facilitation skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate.

Responsibilities

• Assist with payments ensuring budgetary compliance.
• Provide insights and report on risk register.
• Escalate issues to the Contract Manager promptly.
• Seek opportunities for contract efficiencies.
• Monitor and manage supplier health and stability.
• Conduct regular contract performance reviews.

Skills

Understanding financial data

Identifying commercial opportunities

Strong influencing skills

Organizational skills

Effective communication

Job description

Overview

Our Procurement and Contract Management team are recruiting a Contract Specialist to look after our Water Network contracts that are pivotal to the delivery of our AMP8 business plans. If you’re familiar with working with suppliers and stakeholders to deliver improvements in framework agreements, and possess excellent communication skills, then this could be the opportunity for you.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Based in Raynesway, Derby, the role of the Contract Specialist is critical to the effective and efficient delivery of Water Network contracts ensuring support is given to stakeholders on their application, supplier relationships are maintained, contractual obligations are delivered, and excellent contractual governance is administered.

Responsibilities

• Assist with payments ensuring budgetary compliance, tracking and reconciling Contract Recharges and Retention
• Provide insights and report on risk register including improvements and controls and ensuring delivery of actions
• Escalate issues/concerns to the Contract Manager in a timely manner to ensure successful resolution, ensuring issues and challenges are clearly and concisely articulated to enable appropriate mitigation actions
• Seek opportunities for contract efficiencies and value (cost reduction or new revenue)
• Monitor and manage supplier health/stability to identify any potential issues and take appropriate action by putting mitigation plans in place
• Work with procurement teams to record contract amendments ensuring a clear audit trail; managing change control negotiations, compensation events and contract documentation, including drafting, pricing, terms, and requirements with key stakeholders
• Conduct regular contract performance reviews in line with structured contract governance protocols focused on performance (SLA/KPIs), contract compliance and cost control

How we work

You'll join a caring culture that collaborates to achieve, grow, and develop. Our employee engagement scores are among the highest globally in energy and utilities. That’s why, we value in-person moments to keep our culture alive but also understand the flexibility working from home can bring. So, you'll usually find us in the office, but working from home is supported when you need it.

What you’ll bring to the role

The right skills and experience are important. But if you have the right character, positivity and a caring attitude we want to talk to you, too. We’ll be looking for you to have knowledge of commercial and contract processes, we’ll want you to be comfortable and confident in negotiating, influencing and communicating as you will be dealing with various stakeholders, both internal and external.

Essential

• Ability to understand financial and contract performance data
• The skill to identify commercial and new value opportunities
• Strong influencing and problem solving skills
• Organisational and facilitation skills
• Ability to effectively communicate

We welcome people from all walks of life and celebrate individuality as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our communities.

What’s in it for you

Working here isn’t just a job. You can build a career at Severn Trent. We’ll reward you for it, too. We have a range of benefits that recognise great work, and award-winning training to help you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the communities where we live.

With that in mind, here are just some of our favourite perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
• Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
• Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
• Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
• Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
• Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
• Family friendly policies
• Two volunteering days per year

What’s next?

We can’t wait to hear from you! Have an updated CV ready and spare five minutes to apply. We’ll let you know the outcome after the closing date, so keep an eye on your phone and emails.