Organisation: Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)
Work Location:ESPO Grove Park Barnsdale Way Leicester LE19 1ES
Salary:43860 - 47829 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours:37 hours per week (Full Time)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 14th 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 teams 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 toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand 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. Thereforewherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstanceswhilst 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: 0
How to Apply
ESPO is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every 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 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 Applysection 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 telephoning0(select option 2) or raise a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Manager
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