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In House Recruitment Consultant at Sustainable Energy First
As a Pricing Support Analyst you'll be responsible for tendering, negotiating, validating, and accepting fixed price supply agreements for Sustainable Energy First clients. You'll build and maintain supplier relationships to manage query resolution and escalations whilst coordinating activity between clients and suppliers to facilitate the smooth transfer of supply contracts and pro-actively manage any late registration reimbursements.
In this role you will be:
* Responsible for tendering, negotiating, validating, and accepting supply agreements for Sustainable Energy First clients, including offer assessment, entry, negotiation, and feedback received on tenders.
* Negotiate with suppliers to achieve the best price for clients. Track the market to support negotiation and timing.
* Engagement with Procurement specialists and account managers.
* Manage offer entry, assessment/evaluation, and validation prior to client acceptance.
* Ensure offer/tender feedback is received from suppliers and clients are kept updated.
* Run prompt acceptance process in line with Sustainable Energy First processes and requirements.
* Build and maintain supplier relationships and have a key understanding of products and industry developments to proactively resolve client/supplier contract queries.
* Coordinate activity between clients and suppliers to facilitate registration and transfer of supply contracts in line with Sustainable Energy First processes and requirements.
* Ensure that the process for automatically obtaining live dates from suppliers works well and/or resolve any issues, involving prompt dialogue with relevant suppliers.
* Proactively manage late registration reimbursements, ensuring prompt and satisfactory completion and payment of claims to clients.
* Investigate issues relating to the transfer of supply contracts, liaising with clients and suppliers to resolve and recording activity through Fusion.
* Regularly communicate with suppliers, peers, and clients to resolve queries, problem-solve escalated issues, and highlight complex queries to key stakeholders.
* Ensure accurate data is added to Fusion, in line with Sustainable Energy First processes and requirements.
* Provide regular updates to the Procurement Management Team, including MI reporting.
Requirements
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to articulate effectively with clients and suppliers.
* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
* Intermediate proficiency in Excel.
* Intermediate knowledge of Fusion is desirable but not essential.
* Good knowledge and/or experience of the energy industry, particularly energy supply, is desirable but not essential.
* Ability to tender, negotiate, and accept supply agreements.
* Ability to resolve client/supplier queries proactively and promptly.
* Good analytical skills and numerical aptitude.
* Good organizational and timekeeping skills.
* Team-oriented with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, e.g., energy suppliers and clients.
* Effective planning skills with the ability to set and work to deadlines.
* Attention to detail and accuracy.
* Ability to take ownership of tasks and see them through to completion.
Other information
* Starting at 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
* Hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
* Benefits platform including gym membership, retail discounts, and more.
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