Commercial Manager
Yorkshire WaterBradford, England, United Kingdom
Posted April 1, 2026
65000 - 65000 GBP
About the Company
Yorkshire Water is a water company that provides essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and plays a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.
Job Description
We are looking for a Commercial Manager to join the Commercial team at Yorkshire Water and lead the commercial and performance management of our key NEC TSC framework agreements. The successful candidate will shape strategy, guide contract decisions, and drive commercial optimisation across the business.
Requirements
- Significant experience leading the commercial management of high value, complex, and business critical service based contracts
- Broad and versatile business expertise, with strong commercial acumen and confidence in contract negotiations
- A deep understanding of how service-based contracts operate, and the ability to balance commercial considerations with operational needs
- Exceptional financial management capability, with a keen eye for detail and strong commercial judgment
- Outstanding stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust, influence senior leaders, and collaborate effectively across commercial, financial, and operational functions
- Strong analytical capability, able to interpret performance data and translate insight into action
- A solid understanding of framework agreements and a working knowledge of NEC and other standard forms of contract
- A confident people leader who inspires others, drives accountability, and delivers results through their team
- Hold a Professional qualifications such as RICS, CIArb, MBA, CIPS or equivalent
- Hold a Contract management accreditations such as NEC
- Previous experience working within a regulated environment and background in the water or wastewater sector is desirable but not essential
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Company car cash allowance
- Annual incentive related bonus
- Private health care
- Attractive pension scheme
- Life assurance cover
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Wellness day
- Health cash plan scheme
- Critical illness insurance
- Dental insurance
- Life assurance flex and partner cover
- Retail savings scheme
- Online GP service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Gym membership discounts
