About the job

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to manage the largest energy framework in the public sector. Would you like to support the management of £3bn per annum? Now is the time to be a part of a great team who are going from strength to strength.

Job Summary

The role is within the Energy Team and responsible for the delivery of one of CCS’ largest commercial frameworks, providing gas and electricity products and services to public sector customers. 

Our commercial agreements deliver best value solutions and offer a range of purchasing strategies to meet the requirements of our customers. Responsibilities in the role include monitoring supplier performance, strong stakeholder engagement to deliver improvements in service and implementing initiatives to support growth and to maximise value for public sector stakeholders.

Job description

Team Summary
The CAS role falls within the supplier management team, primarily responsible for the delivery of gas and electricity agreements.

The team is highly experienced and enjoys a variety of interactions with other teams within the Energy space including specialist customer service, trading and risk teams.

Key Accountabilities

• End to end management of commercial agreements.

• Management and monitoring of supplier performance against relevant Key Performance Indicators.

• Creating supplier action plans, identification of cost reduction and value added services opportunities; and risk management.

• Developing relationships and collaborating with customers and colleagues to ensure the delivery of an exceptional service.

• Collating, reviewing and critically analysing data to support the effective management of commercial agreements to ensure compliance with all policies and regulations and identify emerging risks / issues and opportunities for growth.

• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to deliver growth, attract new customers, drive customer retention and provide enhanced value for money.

• Producing marketing materials - for example, case studies, newsletters, presentations and Webinars.

• Supporting the development and implementation of strategies aligned to support the ongoing growth of the framework.

• Developing all necessary documentation in readiness to go to market for new/renewed commercial agreements to required quality and on time. This may include PINs, OJEU notices, specifications and pricing models.

• Following processes and procedures to deliver robust supplier relationship and performance management. Providing recommendations for improvements in processes and implementing solutions to the benefit of the category.

Person specification

Essential Criteria (To be assessed at application stage):

• Highly competent managing commercial agreements and supplier performance.

• An ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships within a commercial environment.

• A high degree of expertise in the collation, management, analysis and presentation of information/data.

• Proven ability to prioritise workload and work at a pace to meet deadlines. Well organised, able to work independently as well as part of a team.

• Proactive approach to developing solutions in order to deliver operational and commercial efficiencies and more effective ways of working.

Desirable criteria

• Energy Category experience

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £34,206, Crown Commercial Service contributes £9,269 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.

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 WC 08-04-24 and interviews will be held either at one of our offices or via video with interview times and dates to be confirmed. (Subject to change)

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Please note: Applicants can make use of artificial intelligence but the information presented at application must be factual.

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, which the Civil Service may use to fill future suitably similar vacancies across government for candidates who are considered appointable following interview. Should you be placed on a reserve list and want to be removed please contact recruitment@crowncommercial.gov.uk.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window). People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.