Strategic Sourcing Consultant

Strategic Accounts Consultant - Public Sector

About Us:
We are the tech company with people at heart.

At Advania, we believe in empowering people to create sustainable value through the clever use of technology. As one of Microsoft's leading partners in the UK, specialising in Azure, Security, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365, we have a proven track record of success in delivering transformational IT services.

Position Overview:
As a Strategic Account Consultant you willto work with our clients to win new business, support delivery excellence, maintain growth across accounts and to manage commercial risk. This position is primarily geared towards servicing public sector clients.

Our organisation operates a remote-first policy. This means that we recognise the balance between spending time in the office alongside the benefits that flexible and remote working brings.

We ask that you spend4 days per monthas a minimum in any of our office locations.

Each team has flexibility around how these are achieved across the month and in which of our offices, listed below.

If you join in a role that requires on-site client support, those days spent at a client site will also count towards your 4 days.

If you have any questions about this please ask your respective recruiter at application stage

Responsibilities:

• Establish long term client relationships
• Identify and respond to tenders
• Account manage 2-3 public sector accounts
• Create new solutions and come up with innovative ideas to meet client needs
• Act as a liaison between key customers and internal teams
• Grow the company's profile in the external marketplace
• Respond to escalations in a timely and effective manner
  
  

Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience and understanding of building a technology portfolio within the UK public sector
• Experience and deep understand of Microsoft and its enterprise offerings
• Experience with commercial & contract negotiation
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong teamworking ethos
• Bid management for UK Public sector frameworks like DOS and G-Cloud
  
  

  The budgeted base salary for this role is £80,000 - £100,000. There is a commission scheme in addition to this.
  
  

  • Aviva Pension

    4% min. employee contribution and 4% max. employer contribution.

    The current scheme is administered under a salary sacrifice arrangement.

  • Free Pension Advice

    Free access to PensionAdvisorsshould you ever need advice.

  • Group Life Insurance

    Covering 3x your annual basic salary in the event of death

  • Group Income Protection

    Covering 75% of your salary for up to 2 years.

  • Healthcare Cash Plan

    Where you can claim cashback on the cost of a variety of medical services, such as dental, optical, health screenings and wellbeing treatments.

  • My Healthy Advantage

    Free access to this interactive counselling app, with instant chat counselling, plus lots of additional support on Health and Wellbeing

  • Discounted Private Medical & Dental

    Medical services are included in the Healthcare Cash Plan; however, we do have a separate private medical scheme with BUPA which offers additional medical benefits.

  • Ride-to-Work Scheme

    Save up to 42%, pay nothing upfront and spread the cost of your new bike and/or kit in equal monthly instalments taken from your salary before deduction

  • Help at Hand

    A remote GP service as well as mental health support, physiotherapy, medical second opinions and an Employee Assistance Programme

  • Birthday Leave

    After one years service with the company you will be eligible to take your birthday off, it is a free day and will not be deducted from your holiday entitlement.

  • IT Equipment Purchase Scheme

    A staff loan to purchase a new computer, laptop, or piece of hardware etc.

  • Annual Leave

    You will be eligible for 25 days of annual leave per year, increasing to 27 over time, plus your birthday off after one years service.
    

  • Buying Annual Leave Scheme

    You will have the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days of annual leave per calendar year, via a salary sacrifice agreement

  • Learning

    A broad range of training providers and platforms available to you, including LinkedIn Learning.

  • Electric Car Scheme

    Our Electric Car Scheme is managed through a salary sacrifice arrangement, with huge savings available on pure electric vehicles given Benefit in Kind is just 2% between April 2022 and April 2025, so significant tax and NI savings available.
    
    

  Our Selection Process:

  We are committed to ensuring an equitable experience for all candidates, regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.
  
  

  Please do let us know if youll need any reasonable adjustments as part of the selection process by highlighting these on your application form.
  
  

  As part of our commitment to our clients we will need to carry out background checks, including a criminal record check, for all offers of employment. If you have any unspent criminal convictions or questions about the screening process, please notify your recruiter once the application has been submitted.

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