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Contract & Commercial Lead (BPO)

Hybrid in Bristol·Full-time·Added 3 days ago (last checked 23 Oct)

Aviva

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Our summary

Salary
£80,000 a year

About £4,750 a month after tax.

Work mode
Hybrid, Bristol
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior level
Holiday
29 days holiday + bank holidays
Commute
Cycle to work scheme

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Significant experience managing outsourcing contracts, supplier relationships and complex commercial agreements within large-scale organisations.
  • A strong track record of leading high-value negotiations, delivering commercial value and translating complex business challenges into practical solutions.
  • Excellent understanding of contract management, supplier governance, risk management frameworks and performance oversight.
  • Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels, including senior executives and leadership teams.
  • Demonstrated success leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams, with strong communication skills, sound judgement and resilience in a fast-paced environment.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Salary - circa £80,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
  • Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary, (actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva's.)
  • Generous pension scheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14%
  • 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
  • Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
  • Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
  • Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
  • Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer's leave
  • Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
  • Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
  • We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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The role

This is a great opportunity for someone who is an experienced commercial and contract management leader with a strong background in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), contract management and strategic supplier relationships. You'll thrive in this role if you enjoy leading high-performing teams, influencing senior stakeholders and driving commercial value through complex contractual arrangements. This role would suit someone who is confident managing commercial risk, leading major negotiations and shaping supplier strategies that deliver meaningful business outcomes.

What you'll do

As Contract & Commercial Lead (BPO), you will lead a team of Contract & Commercial Managers responsible for managing some of Aviva's most strategic outsourcing supplier relationships. The role is accountable for driving commercial value, ensuring contractual commitments are delivered and managing risks across the supplier portfolio. Working closely with colleagues across Supplier Relationship and Performance Management, Operations, Finance, Sourcing, Legal and Risk, you will support major outsourcing and transformation programmes, lead complex commercial negotiations and help shape supplier strategies that align to Aviva's business objectives. You will also champion best practice in contract management, commercial governance and outsourcing, while driving continuous improvement across policies, processes and ways of working.

Location

Location: Norwich, York, Leeds, Bristol or Glasgow based (50% hybrid working)

Salary: circa £80,000

What you'll get for this role

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

Aviva is for everyone

We're inclusive and welcome everyone - we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don't, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working - spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, or if you have any queries in relation to the vacancy, please email Balazs Palcsek at balazs.palcsek@aviva.com

Hiring process

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  1. We'll contact you

    With a recruiter

    Once you've applied, or Aviva has found you on LinkedIn, a recruiter gets in touch to discuss your application and the specific opportunity in more detail.

  2. We'll send a test

    If you're successful at the first stage, you're invited to the next stage of the process, which could be an online test or interview. If you're unsuccessful, you're told.

  3. You'll come to interview

    Aviva agrees an interview date and time. The interview may be a one-to-one meeting or a group assessment; there may be more than one stage to this part of the process.

  4. We'll make an offer

  5. You'll complete screening checks · 1–2 days

  6. You can stay in touch

    With Candidate Care team

    Once PES checks pass, candidates receive a 'confirmation of start date' email and can ask the Candidate Care team questions before their first day.

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