Contract Manager (m/w/d)

Job Description

The role of Contract Manager involves identifying, developing, implementing, and managing a portfolio of commercially robust frameworks to support short, medium and long-term strategic plans to deliver both reactive and planned activities across the District and Licence Central functions whilst driving maximum value from the regulatory contract.

Frameworks cover overhead lines, cables and civils, plant, services, and resources.

What you'll be doing

Management Duties

• End to end ownership of assigned frameworks for the licence area to facilitate the effective delivery of c. £100m - £200m of expenditure per annum and associated unit volumes.
• Proactively monitor framework funds to avoid any negative impact to delivery for both District and Licence Central functions and engage with both district leads and procurement to ensure the framework is running optimally and avoids funds burning out.
• Develop frameworks to facilitate the implementation of our future delivery strategy ensuring flexibility to meet changing external and internal factors.
• Manage the development of contractual relationships to realise additional value from both reactive and planned activities, whilst ensuring effective management of the framework and service level agreements through an integrated contract management regime.
• Engage with service partner stakeholders and co-ordinate resources for each operating district during extreme weather events
• To determine optimum delivery mechanisms for the short-, medium- and long-term plans through resource and capacity planning for SPD, identifying resource imbalances and recommend solutions delivered via frameworks.
• Drive the application/inclusion of innovative solutions to all contracts whether it is technological, procedural, or commercial and continue to promote an exemplary safety culture and ensure that all safety legislation is implemented and delivered through all frameworks.
• You will lead and drive continual performance improvement through analysis of outputs and feedback from internal and external sources.
• Through active customer and stakeholder engagement, support delivery of robust communication activities to facilitate the delivery of project plans and deliverables affecting local communities, customers, and stakeholders.

Liaison with Health & Safety Teams

• Working together to improve standards through collaboration, lessons learned and recorded data from service partner performance.

Liaison with Districts

• Actively engaged with district leads to promote H&S and contractual performance.
• Point of escalation for contractually related issues
• Visiting district depots to provide in-person support and upskilling on contractual administration.

Liaison with Service Partner Representatives

• Visiting service partners in-person to promote collaboration and long-term stakeholder management.
• Any other duties reasonably assigned.

What you'll bring

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Integrity
• Ability to make things happen - starter/finisher
• Tact and the ability to deal with difficult situations
• I.T literate particularly Microsoft Office and Excel
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills
• Team player, but also comfortable working alone
• Some flexibility of working hours may be required
• Self-Motivated, enthusiastic and calm under pressure

What's in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow. That's why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday Purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Schemes
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
• Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
• Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network - connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It's a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland's ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we're taking it very seriously. We're investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.