Customer Relationship Manager

Organisation:
 Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)

Work Location:
ESPO, Grove Park, Barnsdale Way, Leicester LE19 1ES

Salary:
£43,860 - £47,829 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:
 37 hours per week (Full Time)

Contract Type:
Permanent

Closing Date:
 Friday 14 November 2025

Interview Date(s):
TBC

About the Role

Are you looking for an exciting and challenging opportunity to develop and foster relationships with key energy customers and stakeholders. If so, ESPO is looking for a Customer Relationship Manager to sit within the Energy category team and increase the business opportunities for all aspects of the team's framework portfolio.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

•   Proven account management experience, including relationship building, developing and managing a network of contacts

•    Ability to communicate with a range of stakeholders at all levels, using written and verbal means, including making presentations

•    Ability to develop and implement effective customer engagement strategies

•    Strong skills in using systems for data collection and interpretation

•   An understanding of the public sector landscape, including how frameworks are used, is deemed desirable for this role, but not mandatory

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we expect you to share
our commitment to our values
and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process. (

)

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

What we offer:

•    Flexible working opportunities and access to employee benefits portal with car lease scheme.

•    28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to 33 after 5 years' service), and a scheme to buy additional leave.

•    Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution.

•    Opportunities for learning development

•    Great office location next to Fosse Park, with free on-site parking and easy access to M1 and M69.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of ESPO. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Andrew Stanford, Procurement Service Manager

Telephone:

Email:

How to Apply

ESPO is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our customers. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the customers we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the 'how to apply' section on our career site. (

)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning select option 2) or raise a ticket via our online portal:

By applying for this post, you agree to our terms and conditions (

).

About ESPO

We're a unique organisation, owned by the public sector and sharing their values and ethos, but operating with a commercial edge. As a specialist procurement body, we pride ourselves on establishing procurement solutions that save money for the public sector. View our prospectus to find out more (

).

We have modern, open-plan offices with excellent transport links and a friendly workplace environment. We offer flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, a contributory pension scheme, training (including professional CIPS qualification) and opportunities to develop your career.

ESPO is supported by wide range of roles across many different disciplines including sales, marketing, IT, procurement, finance, operations (warehouse management and transport planning) and customer services. So whether you are interested in a public-facing role or playing your part behind the scenes, ESPO could be the place for you.

To learn more about working for ESPO please visit