Location: London + Hybrid working
Salary: Competitive + Vodafone Benefits
Hours: Part time – 25 hours
*Hybrid
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Who We Are
We’re a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.
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What will you be doing?
The Commercial Specialist role sits within the Devices team as part of the wider Device Ops, Products & Services department, with responsibilities into both the UK Consumer Division and Vodafone Group Products & Services organisation. Reporting into the Commercial Manager, the role of the Commercial Specialist will include management of commercial deals across multiple vendors, tracking key commercial KPIs, supporting inbound order management process, and optimising performance. This may also involve providing ad hoc support to the marketing function by planning channel execution for these vendors.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has commercial acumen and strong stakeholder management to work within an exciting team delivering market-beating performance.
Key accountabilities:
Contribute to the target of delivering over £50m of total vendor value into the business.Manage vendor relationship and quarterly negotiation for up to five accounts, driving strong commercial outcomes.Build strong working relationships within Device Operations Team and wider commercial and trading teams.Desire to support marketing planning processes to complement commercial plans a plus.
Who are we looking for?
Commercial acumen and numeric skills. Engagement skills to manage key stakeholders across the business and hardware vendors. Experience of working in a fast-paced delivery environment.Collaborative with the ability to bring people together.Ability to work independently and pro-actively.
What’s in it for you?
An excellent remuneration and bonus package with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We’re also proud to provide a Reconnect programme with flexibility to support individuals returning to work after a career break and our market-leading parental leave policies. We’re committed to supporting you throughout every step of your career at Vodafone.
Together we can
Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
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