Department:
Procurement Salary (£): £, - £, Contract Specialist
Our Procurement and Contract Management team are looking to appoint a Contract Specialist to look after some of our Watet Network contracts and is pivotal to the delivery of our AMP 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 at our Raynesway Office in Derby, this is a fantastic opportunity to join the team. 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.
The key duties of the role are:
1. Assist with payments ensuring budgetary compliance, tracking and reconciling Contract Recharges and Retention
2. Provide insights and report on risk register including improvements and controls and ensuring delivery of actions
3. 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
4. Seeking opportunities for contract efficiencies and value (cost reduction or new revenue)
5. Monitor and manage supplier health/stability to identify any potential issues and take appropriate action by putting mitigation plans in place.
6. 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
7. Conduct regular contract performance reviews in the line with structure 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:
8. Ability to understand financial and contract performance data.
9. Ability to identify commercial and new value opportunities
10. Strong influencing and problem solving skills.
11. Strong organisational and facilitation skills.
12. 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's perks that you’ll get being part of the Seven Trent family:
13. days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to days per year)
14. Annual bonus scheme (of up to £, per annum based on company performance)
15. Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to % when you contribute ;
16. Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
17. Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
18. Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
19. Family friendly policies
20. Two volunteering days per year