Commercial Specialist

6 months ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Direct Line Group Full time

**About us**:
We are Direct Line Group - home to some of the country's best-known brands including Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege, Greenflag, and NIG. Our vision is to create a world where insurance is personal, inclusive, and a force for good, and our purpose is to help people carry on with their lives, giving them peace of mind - now and in the future.

We are looking for a Commercial Specialist to join our Procurement Supply Chain division in our Motor and Rescue Category. You will report into our Commercial Manager (for Motor and Rescue). The Motor & Rescue P&SC team covers a broad spectrum of categories including mobility provision, salvage, repair, rescue networks, glazing, and many more.

**What you'll be doing**:

- You will manage the risk of multimillion pound contracts (typically 5-15 contracts with a value of £500k-£5m each).
- You will guide the performance, value, and all management of your own allocated suppliers, delivering new results for DLG through effective management of supplier relationships.
- You will lead and pursue continuous improvement opportunities through account planning, and lead any resultant project activity to deliver financial benefits (targeted between £250k - £500k) and core customer metrics across your category per year.
- You will have a wide remit to identify opportunities and, ensure adherence to internal governance processes.
- You will lead negotiations for in-contract variations to agreements, drafting contract variations or extensions and obtaining the appropriate internal approvals in line with the governance framework.
- You will be required to provide coordination and monitoring support to the Commercial Management and operational teams in the management of higher complexity supplier contracts and relationships.
- You will work closely with suppliers to access latest innovations, challenge unnecessary business demands, manage contract obligations, recover service credits and rebates and track and measure benefits secured from each supplier.
- You will support the development of category plans through the analysis of data and the gathering of intelligence, bringing together supplier, competitor and industry knowledge, and actively work to identify and drive opportunities and strategies that deliver commercial benefit.
- You will lead the development of annual plans, as agreed in liaison with the Senior Commercial Manager and the sourcing team and lead the management of commercial relationships with the selected suppliers.

**What you'll need**:

- Solid supplier relationship management experience would be an advantage.
- Experience in project management, delivery and/or strategy development
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities
- Ability to collaborate across multi-disciplined teams
- Previous experience within Motor & Rescue claims environment is advantageous.

**Ways of Working**:
Our mixed model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. How much you'll be in the office depends on your role, and we'll consider the flexible working options that work best for you.

Read our flexible working approach here.

**Benefits**:
We recognise we wouldn't be where we are today without our colleagues, that's why we offer excellent benefits designed to suit your lifestyle:

- 9% employer contributed pension
- 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
- Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
- EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.
- Generous holidays
- Buy as you earn share scheme
- Employee discounts and cashback
- Plus many more

**Being yourself**:
Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We're delighted to feature as one of the UK's Top 50 Inclusive Employers and are committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers.

We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

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