Commercial team plays a critical role in driving growth, profitability and market competitiveness by balancing customer needs with financial objectives while navigating competitive and regulatory pressures. 
Reporting into Head of Core Commercial, this Senior Connectivity Manager will work closely with external suppliers and internal stakeholders supporting the optimisation of key supplier contracts and ensuring the commercial propositions deliver the anticipated margins for the business with the customer at the Core of what we do. 

Responsibilities

• Lead on all connectivity supplier discussions regarding proposals and initiatives

• Ensure supplier proposals and initiatives are communicated to all relevant parties across the business, coordinating internal next steps with clear timescales

• Understand all connectivity supplier contracts 

• Responsible for being the primary advisor of the WSA in the business and ensuring the business is aware of impacts 

•  Lead on internal initiatives and understand where suppliers can support 

•  Lead and influence negotiations with suppliers 

• Responsible for the connectivity supplier strategy, advising the business on supplier prioritisation

• Work collaboratively with Commercial colleagues and stakeholders across TalkTalk to develop and deliver the connectivity plan. Ensure supplier proposals and initiatives are communicated to all relevant parties across the business, coordinating internal next steps with clear timescales

• Understand all connectivity supplier contracts 

• Responsible for being the primary advisor of the WSA in the business and ensuring the business is aware of impacts Lead on internal initiatives and understand where suppliers can support 

• Lead and influence negotiations with suppliers 

• Responsible for the connectivity supplier strategy, advising the business on supplier prioritisation

• Work collaboratively with Commercial colleagues and stakeholders across TalkTalk to develop and deliver the connectivity plan.

About you:

• You will be a highly experienced commercial individual with significant knowledge and experience of the UK Telecoms industry

• You will have strong business partnering experience including working with Board / Exco 

• You will have proven commercial experience

• You will have worked in a fast-paced environment where change is the norm

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