United Kingdom onlyOur people are what makes Severn Trent a truly exciting and inclusive place to work. We’re a team of over 9,000 people with a purpose to deliver one of life’s essentials, and we do it all while thriving in our unique culture.
We’re a growing, Midlands based FTSE100 plc and welcome people from all walks of life, celebrating their individuality, as we know diverse minds, experiences and backgrounds help us to learn and better serve our customers and communities.
It’s an exciting time to join, as we have huge ambition to deliver bigger and better than ever before over our next 5-year regulatory period. If you’re seeking an exciting and thoroughly rewarding career in Procurement and Contract Management, Severn Trent is the place to be.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our CIPS accredited Procurement and Contract Management team as our new Senior Commercial Manager, based at our head office in Coventry.
The role of our Senior Commercial Manager brings together leadership and commercial skills to deliver best value solutions for Severn Trent customers, embracing innovation and building productive relationships with our supply chain partners. You’ll be accountable for delivering the Procurement and Contract Management aspects of Severn Trent’s Operations, specifically supporting our Wastewater Recycling, Clean Water Production and Bioresources business units.
You’ll be inspiring people, setting sourcing and contract strategies, running tenders, managing contracts, negotiating pricing, and leading a diverse team across range of procurement categories to ensure we put in place and manage contracts that deliver on cost, quality, and service. This covers an annual spend of c.£200m and can involve anything from treatment chemicals and pumps to logistics and maintenance services.
If you’re passionate about leading a team and applying your commercial skills to set up contracts and apply innovative thinking to sourcing and commercial challenges, then this is the opportunity for you.
Key Accountabilities:
- Inspire and develop a team of procurement and contract management professionals, providing leadership, high team engagement and guidance to deliver commercial requirements, growth, and succession plans.
- Managing strategic supply chain relationships, leading engagement, and supplier reviews at Senior and Executive level.
- Provide leadership, guidance, support, and training to develop a team of people to exceed the savings targets.
- Ensure compliance with Severn Trent’s governance throughout the project lifecycle.
- Identify and mitigate supplier and market related risks, as well as identifying opportunities for continuous improvement through latest market intelligence.
- Ensuring effective contract management including supplier performance reviews, management of change, final accounting, commercial claims and disputes.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE
To be considered for this role, we’re looking for an individual who combines expert technical Procurement and commercial knowledge with proven team leadership skills. Having innovative ideas, and enthusiasm to create a best-in-class team that will help deliver the Severn Trent business plan would be required.
Having exposure to senior stakeholder management and being adept in influencing at all levels of a business is essential.
It would be desirable if you are CIPS qualified, but don’t worry if you’re not – we’d still love to hear from you if you have the skills and experience outlined above.
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:
- 31 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year).
- Annual bonus scheme (of up to 20% of salary dependent on company performance).
- Car allowance of £5,208 per annum (pro-rata where applicable).
- 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.
- Private medical cover, life assurance, income protection and personal accident cover.
- Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers.
- Family friendly policies.
- Two volunteering days per year.
At Severn Trent, you’ll be joining a culture that cares, one that works together to achieve, grow, and develop. And when it comes to our employee engagement scores – they’re some of the highest of energy and utility companies globally, and we believe that is down to our wonderful culture, created by our wonderful people.
That why’s when it comes to how we work, we want to keep up those special in-person moments, to keep our culture alive. But don’t get us wrong, we understand the flexibility that working remotely can bring. Which is why when it comes to how we work – you’ll usually find us in the office, but when you need to work remotely, we’re here for it, when you need it – if suitable for your role.
WHATS NEXT?
We can’t wait to hear from you.
Before you apply, you’ll need an updated copy of your CV and about five minutes to spare. We’ll always let you know the outcome of your application after the closing date too - so keep an eye on your phone and emails.
And, if your curiosity has peaked and you want to find out even more, search #LifeAtSevernTrent on social media.
*Data source: Peakon (2023) – Severn Trent top 5% of energy and utility companies globally for employee engagement scores.
